On June 11, 1996, 22-year-old was a gang leader and a drug dealer in Milwaukee's urban Black community. He had wads of cash and a fast car. He had respect and notoriety. He told me, 'I was the go-to guy in my family, in my circle, with my friends, in my community, know what I'm sayin'? If you need something, call Ed. If you need some meat on the barbecue grill, call Ed.' Then, on that June 11, he made one very bad decision. He shot and killed a rival gang member. For his crime, he spent 20 years in Wisconsin prisons.

https://shepherdexpress.com/news/central-city-stories/ed-hennings-launches-his-real-man-campaign/

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Yesterday, lawyers in Madison filed with the Wisconsin Supreme Court an emergency petition to protect Justice from an unconstitutional impeachment by the state assembly.  Protasiewicz won an outsized victory in the April election, shifting the balance of supreme court power from a conservative to a progressive majority. Since Protasiewicz's election, Speaker Vos and members of the Wisconsin state assembly have stated their intentions to invoke constitutional powers to impeach. An impeachment would effectively short circuit the new progressive majority.

https://shepherdexpress.com/news/features/lawsuit-filed-to-block-vos-effort-to-impeach-protasiewicz/

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by Susan Harpt Grimes Aug. 09, 2023 7:27 a.m. Ope! Looks like it's time to head on over to Boswell Books for an appearance by comedian and Emmy award-winning writer Taylor Kay Phillips. Phillips will discuss her humorous new book,  A Guide to Midwestern Conversation , on August 9 at 6:30 p.m. Phillips is a Midwestern native and she successfully manages to poke fun of, and yet create a pleasing tribute to, Midwestern language, niceness and the generally positive attitude that pervades our regional culture with her writing.

https://shepherdexpress.com/culture/books/august-2023-books-and-author-appearances/

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Sunday, July 23, Noon-2:15 p.m. by Morton Shlabotnik Jul. 19, 2023 12:11 p.m. Milwaukee's Tonite Only has entertained audiences since 2014 with a mix of blues and classic rock. Their set list includes songs recorded by Eric Clapton, Santana and the Allman Brothers as well as Steely Dan and Tom Petty. delivers on their promise to play something for everyone. The band members are veterans with decades of stage experience. Granville Granville Blues Fest by Morton Shlabotnik Jul.

https://shepherdexpress.com/granville-blues-fest/tonite-only/

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More small and mid-sized farms are transitioning to regenerative agriculture. There's no official definition of regenerative agriculture, but the concept typically entails improving soil health to boost biodiversity and organic matter. This is accomplished by eliminating or reducing chemical/synthetic inputs and using cover crops to reduce soil erosion and cut off weeds. Healthy soil yields nutrient-dense, healthier plants. There are ways to use regenerative practices in the home garden to improve soil health and quality.

https://shepherdexpress.com/lifestyle/home-garden/soil-health-for-the-home-garden/

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Wendy Andrews is a professional photographer who finds her job to be both fun and rewarding. While fun is a key part of it, it's also hard work that she has mastered over the years.  How long have you been a professional photographer and when did you know it was more than a hobby? Ten-plus years as a professional photographer. I should have been a photographer my whole life, sadly I had one parent who didn't believe in the Arts as a career. When I had kids, I encouraged them to follow their passions and dreams.

https://shepherdexpress.com/culture/visual-art/photographer-wendy-andrews-touches-hearts/

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The Thai-Swedish singer's frame of reference on her sophomore album is humanity's effect on climate. She doesn't voice her study on the subject so much in lyrics. Instead, she implies her sense of conservatorship primarily through the music, with her words often as not elliptically referencing her primary topic. The intrigue of carbon comes from figuring out what Sirintip is on about: what goes on in the clouds, among herself and other people, both? But her poetic enigmas might be less commanding were she not such a musical polymath.

https://shepherdexpress.com/music/album-reviews/carbon-by-sirintip/

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Ahh, Valentine's Day. How do we love thee? Let me count the ways. That is, people in love, falling in love or thinking about love. February 14—like the state of Virginia—is for lovers. Always was. Always will be.  Memories of this singular day—observed for St. Valentine and dedicated to choosing or complimenting sweethearts—are special to me and millions of others who agree that love makes the world go round. Of all our holidays and annual celebrations, perhaps none mixes fun and sentiment quite as well.

https://shepherdexpress.com/culture/happening-now/valentines-day-is-always-special-everywhere-especially-for/

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Jim Winship took the long road to becoming a documentary film director. In many ways, his debut feature,  What We're Hungry For , about rural Wisconsin food pantries and the obstacles they faced during the COVID-19 pandemic, was 50 years in the making. His social work career, specializing in poverty and food insecurity, started in the early ‘70s with the Peace Corp in El Salvador. Afterwards, he worked for a social service agency in Columbus, Ohio, where he met his wife, Rita. They moved to Athens, Georgia where he helped start a food pantry and earned his masters and doctorate at the University of Georgia.

https://shepherdexpress.com/culture/happening-now/milwaukee-activists-documentary-what-were-hungry-for-on/

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by Tyler R. Klein , Liam Hanley May 11, 2023 4:29 p.m. This week on the , we look at where the Bucks go from here after firing head coach Mike Budenholzer. After breaking down possible replacement candidates, Liam and Allen also help Tyler decide which Premier League club he should support, thanks to a helpful flowchart of questions that Liam made. This week's College Athletes of the Week are Mitchell Van Vooren of Marquette Track and Field, as well as Chloe Tome of Texas A&M Corpus Christi Beach Volleyball, who attended Wauwatosa East High School.

https://shepherdexpress.com/podcasts/mke-sports-express/mke-sports-express-may-12-2023/

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Milwaukeeans of a certain age remember the splendor of the Grand Avenue mall when it opened in Downtown Milwaukee in 1982. Fast-forward through four decades of suburbanization, a lull in urban investment, and internet shopping, and the once-glorious Grand Avenue eventually became a defeated presence with vacant stores. Today, the 3rd Street Market Hall (275 W. Wisconsin Ave.), a food hall celebrating the city's diverse cuisine, is breathing new life into the former mall. The 3rd Street Market Hall, owned by restaurateur Omar Shaikh, along with real estate developers Joshua Krsnak and Tony Janowiec, is part of The Avenue, a mixed-use development of office, retail and apartment space.

https://shepherdexpress.com/food/eat-drink/after-much-anticipation-3rd-street-market-hall-opens

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Dear Ruthie is proudly brought to you by C3 Designs — Award Winning Fine Jewelry. C3 Designs offers a variety of services performed in-house, including custom jewelry design, jewelry and watch repair, appraisal, pearl and bead stringing, engraving and flip guards. C3 Designs is the winner of the Jewelers of America 2019 CASE Award. Dear Ruthie, I am a 65-year-old single gay man. And I'm actually happy. Can you believe that? I'm happy with myself, with life, with everything, really. The problem is that my friends will not believe me.

https://shepherdexpress.com/lgbtq/dear-ruthie/its-ok-to-be-single/

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Integrative psychiatrist Dr. Aruna Tummala, medical director of Trinergy Center for Integrative Psychiatry (12800 W. National Ave., New Berlin), takes a holistic approach to emotional-physical health, blending Western medicine with Ayurveda, India's 5000-year-old medical system that focuses on mind-body balance through diet, lifestyle medicine, natural herbs and detoxification protocols to achieve health and traditions. Specialized medicine focuses on one organ or one tissue, but the body doesn't work that way, Tummala explains.

https://shepherdexpress.com/lifestyle/health/dr-aruna-tummala-on-how-integrative-psychiatry-looks-beyond-/

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In a protest song from his era, P.F. Sloan crooned to an imagined skeptic, 'You don't believe we're on the eve of destruction.' At that point, 1965, we'd lost JFK to assassination, the Vietnam War was ramping up, civil unrest was escalating, and the Cold War, with its persistent threat of nuclear Armageddon, was actually very hot. Yet, even then, I didn't believe we were headed toward dystopia. Now, increasingly, I do. Growing scientific data suggest we are indeed on the eve of destruction. What's more, while anecdotal, many of the people I see in therapy also sense it.

https://shepherdexpress.com/lifestyle/out-of-my-mind/the-eve-of-destruction/

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One of the hallmarks of any Disney theatrical production is its quality. And that is fully on display in the touring version of  Frozen  which roared into town with blizzard-like force on Thursday at the Marcus Performing Arts Center. With just the right mix of magic and enchantment—not to mention a top-notch cast and technical crew—this show is going to blow you away, blizzard or not. Before getting to the cast, consider the world of  Frozen . Set in a northern land of snow and ice,  Frozen  is an ever-changing landscape, backed by a brilliant display of the Northern Lights.

https://shepherdexpress.com/culture/theater/simply-spectacular-frozen-melts-hearts-of-kids-and-adults/

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(Wisconsin Historical Society Press) Wisconsin was blessed with a super-abundance of rivers, lakes and waterfalls carved by the advance and retreat of glaciers during the last ice age. Environmental writer Scott Spoolman selects several for his account of how that wealth of water has molded Wisconsin's landscape and shaped the lives of those who have lived here. The state's name, Spoolman explains, probably derives from an Algonquin word relating to running streams. The indigenous peoples of Wisconsin produced technologies to sustain their water-borne cultures including birch bark canoes and copper fishhooks from mining shallow mineral deposits.

https://shepherdexpress.com/culture/books/wisconsin-waters-the-ancient-history-of-lakes-rivers-and-wat/

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Dear Ruthie is proudly brought to you by C3 Designs — Award Winning Fine Jewelry. C3 Designs offers a variety of services performed in-house, including custom jewelry design, jewelry and watch repair, appraisal, pearl and bead stringing, engraving and flip guards. C3 Designs is the winner of the Jewelers of America 2019 CASE Award. I've always thought Halloween is a high-holy day for the LGBTQ+ community, and this year's lineup of costume contests, spooky shows and creepy bar crawls only proves my point.

https://shepherdexpress.com/lgbtq/dear-ruthie/pub-crawls-and-pumpkins-and-oh-my/

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Tonight, the Hoan Bridge will be lit in honor of Hanukkah, the Jewish festival of lights. The holiday coincides with an alarming report from the Milwaukee Jewish Federation, citing an astonishing 459 percent rise in antisemitic incidents here in Wisconsin from 2015 through 2021. The increase in Wisconsin parallels an increase in nationally, tracked and reported by organizations like the Anti-Defamation League and the FBI's annual reporting of hate crimes. 'What we know is that historically, when there has been widespread economic and social upheaval, there is often antisemitic scapegoating and conspiracy theories that follow in its wake,' says Miryam Rosenzweig, president and CEO of Milwaukee Jewish Federation.

https://shepherdexpress.com/news/features/light-the-hoan-honors-hanukkah-at-a-time-of-rising-antisemit/

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The title Latkes Con Salsa may inspire chuckles upon first encounter. But it's only to soften up potential listeners to just how serious— and seriously fun—Milwaukee percussionist Mitchell Shiner is about putting an unexpected spin on the Festival of Lights. It doesn't take long to realize how pliable traditional, minor key Hebraic melodies are when recast with instrumentation including, among other contributions, Shiner's vibraphone, Rick Aaron's flute, Johnny Padilla's alto sax, and Marija Temo's flamenco-styled guitar.

https://shepherdexpress.com/music/album-reviews/latkes-con-salsa-a-latin-jazz-hanukkah-by-mitchell-shiner-lat/

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As an integrative functional medicine practitioner, Dr. Dagmara Beine of Zuza's Way Integrative Care is frequently asked by her patients, 'If you have to choose just one daily nutritional supplement, what would be your favorite?' Her answer is always 'full spectrum hemp oil.' While cannabidiol (CBD) is one of the most commonly sought-after hemp products, Beine notes that CBD is just one of many beneficial cannabinoids in hemp. (Hemp is the cannabis plant selectively bred to contain less than 0.3% THC, the current federally legal limit.

https://shepherdexpress.com/cannabis/cannabis/hemp-for-whole-body-wellness/

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On Tuesday, the Brady Street Business Improvement District (BID #11) announced the upcoming is set for Saturday, July 29, from 12 p.m. to 11 p.m. This year, the festival will span across Brady Street, from Van Buren Street to Farwell Avenue. Attendees can expect a day filled with local musical acts performing on three outdoor stages, as well as two newly introduced indoor stages. The festival will offer a wide selection of local food vendors, an array of beverages, and numerous local retail booths for festival-goers to explore during breaks between performances.

https://shepherdexpress.com/culture/happening-now/2023-brady-street-festival-lineup-announced/

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Word Find Jun. 22, 2023 4:32 a.m. Sign up for daily email updates! Get the latest news from Shepherd Express delivered directly to your inbox.

https://shepherdexpress.com/puzzles/word-find/word-find-week-of-june-22-2023/

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As the LGBTQ liberation movement began to mobilize in response to the Lavender Scare of the 1950s, the community's infrastructure from athletics to political advocacy and healthcare developed as well. Spirituality, too, would be addressed. For some LGBTQ Christians, the alternative to enduring oppressive condemnation from the pulpits of their mainstream churches would be to form their own, ones based on purer values of acceptance, compassion, love and social justice. Founded in 1968 by Troy Perry, a Baptist minister defrocked because he was gay, the Universal Fellowship of Metropolitan Community Churches addressed the spiritual needs of those LGBTQ individuals who sought positive Christian fellowship.

https://shepherdexpress.com/lgbtq/my-lgbtq-pov/milwaukee-metropolitan-community-church-celebrates-50-years/

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Acacia Theatre Company continues its exploration of the endurance of faith and love amid life's setbacks and tragedies with its ambitious production of the Jane Austen classic, Sense and Sensibility. It's 'ambitious' for taking on such a beloved epic with such a large cast (16), juggling English accents and spanning time and geography.  The good news? It works due in large part to a very solid acting ensemble and the intimate charm Director Erin Nicole Eggers brings to the story of the Dashwood family in England in the late 18th Century.

https://shepherdexpress.com/culture/theater/acacia-theatre-explores-justin-austens-sense-and-sensibili/

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by Lisa Miller, David Luhrssen Apr. 25, 2022 8:40 a.m. (Limited Theatrical Release and Streaming on VUDU & AppleTV, April 29) Bruce Willis starred in nine films during 2021, and—according to numerous critics—seemingly without regard for quality. The revelation he is being forced to retire by neurological afflictions offers one possible explanation. The first of a trilogy, the Fortress film rates among Willis's questionable choices. He portrays Robert Michaels, a retired CIA agent living in a highly secure retirement center for high-ranking intelligence agents.

https://shepherdexpress.com/film/film-clips/film-clips-april-25-2022/

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Let's face it, livestream concerts suck. They are pale imitations compared to experience of being in a space where musical molecules are moving. The pandemic forced live music to hibernate and mutate. Several artists were able to work well in the format. In February, Todd Rundgren followed the rules and safely camped out with his band in Chicago where he played a virtual 25-city tour, with each show tailored to the evening's city. The Feb. 28 show was geared to Milwaukee/Madison. For that night Rundgren's career-long investment in technology, exquisite musicianship and songwriting transcended the laptop screen.

https://shepherdexpress.com/music/music-feature/the-year-in-music/

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The return of Old Fashioned Fest at Turner Hall, a multi-media release show at The Ivy House, Jerry Grillo's 78th Birthday celebration, some serious tailgating, a memorial benefit at Mad Planet and more—This Week in Milwaukee! Thursday, Feb. 24 Next Paperback Hero/Dan Tedesco/Trevor Sensor @ The Cooperage, 7 p.m. × 'I Guess It Was a Fever Dream' by Trevor Sensor Start off the weekend with singer songwriter triple bill. Trevor Sensor's debut EP for Jagjaguwar, Texas Girls and Jesus Christ, referenced the Illinois-born 22-year-old singer-songwriter's 'distinctive burr of a voice sounds aged decades beyond his years.

https://shepherdexpress.com/music/this-week/this-week-in-milwaukee-feb-24-march-2-2022

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ARIES (March 21-April 19): "A dead thing can go with the stream, but only a living thing can go against it," wrote author G. K. Chesterton. Amen to that! Please regard his observation as the first part of your horoscope. Here's the second part: It's sometimes the right approach to move in harmony with the flow, to allow the momentum of elemental forces to carry you along. But now is not one of those times. I suggest you experiment with journeys against the flow. Go in quest of what the followers of easy options will never experience.

https://shepherdexpress.com/puzzles/free-will-astrology/free-will-astrology-week-of-feb-24-2022

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Bob Ross was a populist in the elitist 'art world.' Not for him abstraction, much less the conceptual art that demands a safecracker to decode. He preferred landscapes to soup cans and painted live on public television for many years, inspiring generations of weekenders to pick up the brush. His artwork conveyed no message except the joy he—and millions—found in rendering and recognizing 'naturalistic' scenes from nature. Writer-director Brit McAdams'  Paint  is a fictional story inspired by the Ross persona.

https://shepherdexpress.com/film/reviews/paint-finds-the-joy-of-kitsch/

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This Thanksgiving, many of us will bow our heads and mouth a few words about our blessings and whatever we believe to be their source. But giving thanks can be a far cry from actually being thankful. Like those who only adhere to the tenants of their religious beliefs while in a house of worship, some of us confine our sense of gratitude to a short prayer over a daily meal, or just at Thanksgiving dinner alone. There are others, however, who live a truly thankful life. Within their spirits one senses a persistent sense of gratitude, not one confined to a holiday, but always present, like a warm glow illuminating all aspects of their being.

https://shepherdexpress.com/lifestyle/out-of-my-mind/grateful-people-are-happy-people/

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