http://onmilwaukee.com/rss/rss_bobbytanzilo.xml Milwaukee's Daily Magazine Bobby Tanzilo en-us Thu, 24 May 2012 11:45:15 CDT http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://onmilwaukee.com/images/layout/rss_logo.png http://onmilwaukee.com 144 30 I visit Whole Foods daily, because it's close to my office, and I have the pizza weekly. I like it. http://onmilwaukee.com/myOMC/authors/bobbytanzilo/wfmpizza.html http://onmilwaukee.com/myOMC/authors/bobbytanzilo/wfmpizza.html?30286 Thu, 24 May 2012 11:28:00 CDT Today's slice is a plain cheese, what you might call a classic slice, from, well, Classic Slice, 1609 E. North Ave. http://onmilwaukee.com/myOMC/authors/bobbytanzilo/pizzasliceclassic.html http://onmilwaukee.com/myOMC/authors/bobbytanzilo/pizzasliceclassic.html?30273 Wed, 23 May 2012 12:08:00 CDT After yesterday's double-dip at Ian's - a plain cheese and a slice with pepperoni - I stopped at Brick 3, 1107 N. Old World 3rd St., today to sample the wares. http://onmilwaukee.com/myOMC/authors/bobbytanzilo/pizzaslicebrick3.html http://onmilwaukee.com/myOMC/authors/bobbytanzilo/pizzaslicebrick3.html?30259 Tue, 22 May 2012 12:12:00 CDT In honor of Damien Jaques' article this morning about pizza by the slice - and in honor of my recent trip home to Brooklyn - I'm going to have a slice a day this week and write about it here. Because it's right across the street and the idea just hit me, I'm starting with Ian's on North Avenue. http://onmilwaukee.com/myOMC/authors/bobbytanzilo/sliceians.html http://onmilwaukee.com/myOMC/authors/bobbytanzilo/sliceians.html?30242 Mon, 21 May 2012 12:51:00 CDT If you follow local music you can't possibly have missed that Juniper Tar released a new record in recent weeks. "Since Before" is now available and it was worth the wait. The vinyl version is an elaborate package befitting the powerful music inside. We got a chance to ask singer and guitarist Jason Mohr about it. http://onmilwaukee.com/music/articles/jtarsince.html http://onmilwaukee.com/music/articles/jtarsince.html?30145 Mon, 21 May 2012 05:03:00 CDT It's been a sad week for music of all varieties. But here in Milwaukee, it's safe to say we'll miss our own Mark Shurilla the most. http://onmilwaukee.com/myOMC/authors/bobbytanzilo/shurillaappreciation.html http://onmilwaukee.com/myOMC/authors/bobbytanzilo/shurillaappreciation.html?30220 Fri, 18 May 2012 08:54:00 CDT A big fan of behind the scenes visits, I've traversed catwalks soaring high over concert stages, descended into the basements of schools and gone pretty much anywhere folks with keys will let me go. But the trip to the top of the dome of the Basilica of St. Josaphat on 6th and Lincoln was a journey unlike any I've taken before. http://onmilwaukee.com/buzz/articles/josaphatdome.html http://onmilwaukee.com/buzz/articles/josaphatdome.html?30078 Wed, 16 May 2012 09:03:00 CDT If news that local jazz musician and organizer Jamie Breiwick has yet another new release comes as a bit of a shock, you're not alone. The ever-occupied, constantly creating Breiwick is a musical force of nature. His new record, "Music of Thelonious Monk: Friday the 13th," is available only as a free download. Breiwick says the release wasn't something he planned. http://onmilwaukee.com/music/articles/breiwickmonk.html http://onmilwaukee.com/music/articles/breiwickmonk.html?30064 Mon, 14 May 2012 13:06:00 CDT Though Panalure is a new name in local music, the names of its members may be familiar. The group, which incorporates steel guitar, accordion and ukulele in its atypical American roots music sound, includes local music veterans like Ken Hanson and Michael De Boer, among its six members. http://onmilwaukee.com/music/articles/panalure.html http://onmilwaukee.com/music/articles/panalure.html?30089 Fri, 11 May 2012 15:05:00 CDT Milwaukee author and historian Dave Luhrssen's latest book, "Hammer of the Gods," tells the story of Germany's Thule Society and how it figured into the birth of Nazism. Published in hardcover by Potomac Books, the work began as a dissertation at UWM. http://onmilwaukee.com/ent/articles/thule.html http://onmilwaukee.com/ent/articles/thule.html?30037 Fri, 11 May 2012 05:02:00 CDT Danceworks' Mad Hot Ballroom program has challenged perceptions of what fifth and sixth graders in Milwaukee schools would love doing. But the success it has had at more than three dozen schools is a testament to the program and to the kids and their teaching artists. http://onmilwaukee.com/family/articles/madhot11.html http://onmilwaukee.com/family/articles/madhot11.html?25982 Thu, 10 May 2012 16:18:00 CDT This morning, OnMilwaukee.com contributor and all-around pal J.C. Poppe hipped us to this news about a local hip-hop cover of the Violent Femmes' "Blister in the Sun." http://onmilwaukee.com/myOMC/authors/bobbytanzilo/hiphopblister.html http://onmilwaukee.com/myOMC/authors/bobbytanzilo/hiphopblister.html?30148 Wed, 9 May 2012 11:40:00 CDT Soulful blues outfit Tweed Funk is still a baby, formed just 18 months ago. But in that time, the quartet has become a household name in the Midwestern blues scene. Believe it or not, the group's already got a second disc ready to launch at a release party this Friday at Shank Hall. "Love Is" was co-produced by local guitar giant Greg Koch. http://onmilwaukee.com/music/articles/tweedfunkloveis.html http://onmilwaukee.com/music/articles/tweedfunkloveis.html?30092 Tue, 8 May 2012 15:04:00 CDT With news of the impending arrival of Miss Cupcake in Shorewood and a new Gigi's Cupcakes in Wauwatosa already dishing up the dessert, the time has come for an OnMilwaukee.com Milwaukee Challenge, pitting two cupcakeries in a battle of frosted goodness. http://onmilwaukee.com/myOMC/authors/bobbytanzilo/cupcakechallenge.html http://onmilwaukee.com/myOMC/authors/bobbytanzilo/cupcakechallenge.html?30131 Tue, 8 May 2012 09:19:00 CDT Last September, a slim but fascinating book appeared during the debut of the amazing Historic Milwaukee, Inc., Doors Open event. Written by Yance Marti, "Missing Milwaukee: The Lost Buildings of Milwaukee" featured the photographs of Alan Magayne-Roshak and Gordy Simons. Now, Marti will do a companion tour, at 5:30 p.m., Friday, May 11. http://onmilwaukee.com/ent/articles/lostmketour.html http://onmilwaukee.com/ent/articles/lostmketour.html?30031 Mon, 7 May 2012 05:11:00 CDT As Andy Tarnoff notes in a story this Mexican Dining Week, you don't have to be Mexican to run a great Mexican restaurant. And you sure as heck don't have to be Mexican to enjoy Cinco de Mayo. Firefly Urban Bar and Grill is among the many eateries getting into the spirit this week. http://onmilwaukee.com/myOMC/authors/bobbytanzilo/fireflycinco.html http://onmilwaukee.com/myOMC/authors/bobbytanzilo/fireflycinco.html?30088 Thu, 3 May 2012 09:51:00 CDT Tomorrow is the day when the best young musicians from around Milwaukee get together for a big biennial extravaganza. That event is the 44th Biennial Music Festival at the U.S. Cellular Arena at 6:30 p.m. and more than 2,500 student musicians from MPS schools - from elementary through high school - and, for the first time ever, non-MPS schools, will perform. http://onmilwaukee.com/myOMC/authors/bobbytanzilo/mpsmusicfestival.html http://onmilwaukee.com/myOMC/authors/bobbytanzilo/mpsmusicfestival.html?30066 Tue, 1 May 2012 12:23:00 CDT Spain-based chef and culinary instructor Anne Manson has a lot of knowledge to impart thanks to her time spent in Vejer de la Frontera, Spain. She will share some of it during five days of events at classes at the Milwaukee Public Market, May 5-9. http://onmilwaukee.com/dining/articles/mansonclasses.html http://onmilwaukee.com/dining/articles/mansonclasses.html?29908 Mon, 30 Apr 2012 16:15:00 CDT Summerfest officials offered an exclusive look at the new BMO Harris Pavilion at Henry Maier Festival Park today. http://onmilwaukee.com/buzz/articles/bmoharrispavilion.html http://onmilwaukee.com/buzz/articles/bmoharrispavilion.html?30054 Mon, 30 Apr 2012 15:00:00 CDT This summer, Walker's Point will put on a new jacket; one initially intended for the East Side. Blue Jacket Bar will open at 135 E. National Ave. in July, according to Laura van Heijningen, who will own the place with her husband, Tom. The van Heijningens were initially eying a location on Murray Avenue on the East Side, before settling on the space that, until last Friday, housed the Triangle Bar. http://onmilwaukee.com/myOMC/authors/bobbytanzilo/bluejacketbar.html http://onmilwaukee.com/myOMC/authors/bobbytanzilo/bluejacketbar.html?30049 Mon, 30 Apr 2012 10:16:00 CDT There's a new face at 10 o'clock on Channel 12 news. Kathy Mykleby's new partner Craig McKee arrives from San Diego, but he's quite literally been around the world and back. We caught up with him to ask about his experience in journalism and his early experiences here in Milwaukee. http://onmilwaukee.com/movies/articles/mckeetalks.html http://onmilwaukee.com/movies/articles/mckeetalks.html?29928 Fri, 27 Apr 2012 09:04:00 CDT Last week, Albert Kagel School in Walker's Point celebrated Cultural Diversity Day and though I couldn't make it down to check it out, I asked principal Nancy Martinez to send an update. She tells me that the after-school event was a big success. http://onmilwaukee.com/myOMC/authors/bobbytanzilo/kagelinternational.html http://onmilwaukee.com/myOMC/authors/bobbytanzilo/kagelinternational.html?30023 Thu, 26 Apr 2012 09:51:00 CDT There's a rhyming thing that's been going on up on the 23rd floor of The Pfister Hotel. That's where you'll find Blu, which offers perhaps Downtown's best view and where the snack of choice was, until recently, the cashew. So, naturally, when the folks at Blu, wanted to bring you something new, they settled on fondue. http://onmilwaukee.com/bars/articles/blufondue.html http://onmilwaukee.com/bars/articles/blufondue.html?29966 Tue, 24 Apr 2012 05:30:00 CDT Though we hardly live at them, we've become something of a water park family. This weekend, taking the advice of Molly Snyder, we visited Blue Harbor in Sheboygan. http://onmilwaukee.com/myOMC/authors/bobbytanzilo/blueharborblog.html http://onmilwaukee.com/myOMC/authors/bobbytanzilo/blueharborblog.html?29980 Mon, 23 Apr 2012 10:27:00 CDT Can you imagine Mitchell International Airport out on the Northwest Side? Would it be more convenient, or less? But for some issues of topography, it could have happened that way. One of the first municipal airports in the country was located in what is now Currie Park. http://onmilwaukee.com/buzz/articles/currieparkairfield.html http://onmilwaukee.com/buzz/articles/currieparkairfield.html?29887 Mon, 23 Apr 2012 05:04:00 CDT Get ready, Milwaukee. More than 2,000 experts on American history - though not all from the United States - will descend on Brew City this week. The 2012 annual meeting of the Organization of American Historians (OAH) and National Council on Public History (NCPH) takes place beginning today at the Frontier Airlines Center. http://onmilwaukee.com/buzz/articles/historiansmeet.html http://onmilwaukee.com/buzz/articles/historiansmeet.html?29913 Wed, 18 Apr 2012 05:03:00 CDT MPS and the Milwaukee Teachers' Education Association are working together to create MPS Children's Week, which kicks off Sunday, April 22 and runs through Friday, April 27, with a series of events aimed at giving Milwaukee students a leg up. http://onmilwaukee.com/myOMC/authors/bobbytanzilo/childrensweek.html http://onmilwaukee.com/myOMC/authors/bobbytanzilo/childrensweek.html?29931 Tue, 17 Apr 2012 11:20:00 CDT There was a time, not all that long ago, when a hungry traveler at Mitchell International Airport could choose from Burger King, a spinning hot dog and Famous Amos cookies. And that was about it. But, kids, this ain't your daddy's Mitchell Field anymore. http://onmilwaukee.com/dining/articles/airportdiningguide12.html http://onmilwaukee.com/dining/articles/airportdiningguide12.html?29874 Tue, 17 Apr 2012 09:03:00 CDT One of the best emails I've gotten so far this month arrived from a teacher I don't know, at an MPS school I've never visited. http://onmilwaukee.com/myOMC/authors/bobbytanzilo/donorschoose.html http://onmilwaukee.com/myOMC/authors/bobbytanzilo/donorschoose.html?29917 Mon, 16 Apr 2012 14:01:00 CDT As much as Milwaukeeans treasure some of the city's landmarks, few of us know much about the folks who created them. http://onmilwaukee.com/ent/articles/schnetzkyliebert.html http://onmilwaukee.com/ent/articles/schnetzkyliebert.html?29879 Mon, 16 Apr 2012 05:06:00 CDT Thanks to our climate, it's unlikely Wisconsin will ever become a wine lover's destination, although with Bordeaux winemakers buying up land in the south of England thanks to global warming, who knows! But that doesn't mean that some hearty Dairylanders aren't giving oenology the old college try. Here are some of the wineries closest to Southeastern Wisconsin. http://onmilwaukee.com/visitors/articles/wineries.html http://onmilwaukee.com/visitors/articles/wineries.html?14073 Sun, 15 Apr 2012 11:03:00 CDT With the Lenten fish fry over at Le Reve, a new season brings another change at the Tosa French bistro. On Monday, the restaurant launched a new happy hour tapas menu that is available Monday through Saturday, from 3 until 5 p.m. http://onmilwaukee.com/dining/articles/lerevetapas.html http://onmilwaukee.com/dining/articles/lerevetapas.html?29838 Fri, 13 Apr 2012 09:04:00 CDT This year's Record Store Day is Saturday, April 21, and The Exclusive Company will have free performances all day at its shops on the East Side (1669 N. Farwell Ave.), in Greenfield (5026 S. 74th St.) and in West Bend (144 N. Main St.). http://onmilwaukee.com/myOMC/authors/bobbytanzilo/exclusiveinstores.html http://onmilwaukee.com/myOMC/authors/bobbytanzilo/exclusiveinstores.html?29896 Thu, 12 Apr 2012 15:45:00 CDT In 2004, Milwaukee-area native and UW-Madison grad Shane Welch founded Sixpoint Brewery in Brooklyn. Now, nearly a decade later, his beer is launching in his hometown. http://onmilwaukee.com/bars/articles/sixpoint.html http://onmilwaukee.com/bars/articles/sixpoint.html?29863 Wed, 11 Apr 2012 05:02:00 CDT New Zealand Chef Martin Bosley has a great summer picnic dish with scallops, cauliflower and fava beans that I wanted to share here, especially as it pairs nicely with a wine I recently tasted. http://onmilwaukee.com/myOMC/authors/bobbytanzilo/scallopswine.html http://onmilwaukee.com/myOMC/authors/bobbytanzilo/scallopswine.html?29862 Tue, 10 Apr 2012 15:04:00 CDT As a kid, the lower levels of the school were entirely off limits to students and thus seemed extremely mysterious to me. So, when, thanks to the building engineer, I recently got an impromptu tour of the building's spaces that are rarely seen by anyone beyond the engineer himself, it made me feel like a kid again. http://onmilwaukee.com/buzz/articles/urbanspelunking.html http://onmilwaukee.com/buzz/articles/urbanspelunking.html?29811 Sun, 8 Apr 2012 11:09:00 CDT Today, look for me in the press box. I'll be having fun, but I'll spend too much time looking at a netbook and a smart phone. Tomorrow, look for me in the stands. That's when I'll really be in my element. http://onmilwaukee.com/myOMC/authors/bobbytanzilo/openingdayblogbt.html http://onmilwaukee.com/myOMC/authors/bobbytanzilo/openingdayblogbt.html?29839 Fri, 6 Apr 2012 12:57:00 CDT There are a handful of places you can enjoy the fresh from the sea Florida Stone Crab claws that small Offshore Seafood catches in its traps off Clearwater Beach. All but one are in Florida. Luckily for us, that one is Mason Street Grill. http://onmilwaukee.com/dining/articles/masonstcrabclaws.html http://onmilwaukee.com/dining/articles/masonstcrabclaws.html?29759 Fri, 6 Apr 2012 09:02:00 CDT Living in Bay View, I saw a lot of air traffic overhead. These days, living on the Northwest Side, I still witness a lot of air travel from below, but more of it buzzes rather than zooms past these days, as we live in the approaches to Timmerman Airport. http://onmilwaukee.com/visitors/articles/timmerman.html http://onmilwaukee.com/visitors/articles/timmerman.html?29704 Wed, 4 Apr 2012 09:04:00 CDT If it seems like it's taken awhile for Yo Factory Yogurt, 2203 N. Farwell Ave., to open, you're not wrong. The place has been under construction for months, with news of it first emerging last summer. http://onmilwaukee.com/myOMC/authors/bobbytanzilo/yofactorysoon.html http://onmilwaukee.com/myOMC/authors/bobbytanzilo/yofactorysoon.html?29813 Tue, 3 Apr 2012 13:58:00 CDT The annual Record Store Day is on the horizon, taking place on April 21, 2012. The event seeks to drive traffic to indie record shops, and most labels unveil a series of gems each year to drive customers. http://onmilwaukee.com/myOMC/authors/bobbytanzilo/omnivorerecordstore.html http://onmilwaukee.com/myOMC/authors/bobbytanzilo/omnivorerecordstore.html?29801 Mon, 2 Apr 2012 15:45:00 CDT Though local hip-hop raconteur and OnMilwaukee.com contributor JC Poppe has put an end to his Milwaukee UP blog chronicling Brew City hip-hop, thankfully he's staying the course with his ongoing series of mega-gigs to raise money for great causes. Hip-Hop Hates Illiteracy takes place Friday. April 6 at the Cactus Club. http://onmilwaukee.com/music/articles/hhhatesilliteracy.html http://onmilwaukee.com/music/articles/hhhatesilliteracy.html?29684 Mon, 2 Apr 2012 05:06:00 CDT Pena's inside-the-park grand slam in 1970 was the late infielder's highest major league achievement and stands as one of only two inside-the-park slams in Brewers' history and the only one in County Stadium. http://onmilwaukee.com/sports/articles/pena.html http://onmilwaukee.com/sports/articles/pena.html?570 Sat, 31 Mar 2012 11:02:00 CDT Chef Justin Johnson - who we first profiled when he ran the kitchen and brought big changes to Tosa's Harwood Place residential community - and who later ran the food operations at Hotel Metro has taken a new position. http://onmilwaukee.com/myOMC/authors/bobbytanzilo/johnsonwatertown.html http://onmilwaukee.com/myOMC/authors/bobbytanzilo/johnsonwatertown.html?29770 Fri, 30 Mar 2012 08:40:00 CDT A few weeks after Counting Crows' Adam Duritz was singing praises of Milwaukee's Field Report (formerly Conrad Plymouth) all over Twitter, the Milwaukee group is hitting the road for a West Coast and down South tour with Megafaun, and takes a couple tracks national via Spin Magazine. http://onmilwaukee.com/myOMC/authors/bobbytanzilo/fieldreporttour.html http://onmilwaukee.com/myOMC/authors/bobbytanzilo/fieldreporttour.html?29764 Thu, 29 Mar 2012 12:43:00 CDT The Milwaukee County Historical Society held its first ever Milwaukee Meatball Challenge on Saturday, pitting 15 restaurants and caterers in a contest to, well, find Milwaukee's best meatball. "The event was a huge success," says MCHS' Michael Reuter. http://onmilwaukee.com/myOMC/authors/bobbytanzilo/meatballchallenge.html http://onmilwaukee.com/myOMC/authors/bobbytanzilo/meatballchallenge.html?29740 Wed, 28 Mar 2012 11:45:00 CDT When Graffito chef Dominic Zumpano headed to Florida to open Graffito South, Dane Baldwin got the call to step in to lead the kitchen at the Third Ward Italian restaurant. Luckily, his years of diverse experience at places like Gil's Cafe, Dancing Ganesha and beyond have given him all the tools he needs to succeed. http://onmilwaukee.com/dining/articles/danebaldwin.html http://onmilwaukee.com/dining/articles/danebaldwin.html?29582 Wed, 28 Mar 2012 09:07:00 CDT It doesn't even need to be said that Usinger's is a Milwaukee tradition, does it? I didn't even grow up here and I have fond memories of visiting the store at 1030 N. Old World 3rd St., as a child with my grandparents. I love that nearly 40 years later, it still smells and looks exactly the same as I remember it from my youth. http://onmilwaukee.com/myOMC/authors/bobbytanzilo/usingersvisit.html http://onmilwaukee.com/myOMC/authors/bobbytanzilo/usingersvisit.html?29699 Mon, 26 Mar 2012 11:45:00 CDT "Traps," Jaill's second disc for Seattle's Sub Pop Records is due out June 12. Here's our first impression. http://onmilwaukee.com/myOMC/authors/bobbytanzilo/jailltraps.html http://onmilwaukee.com/myOMC/authors/bobbytanzilo/jailltraps.html?29697 Mon, 26 Mar 2012 08:52:00 CDT There's a lot in a name sometimes. Other times it's what is not named that is surprising. Take photographer Tina Barnes' work, for example. The nearly two dozen portraits in "The Europeans: Photographs by Tina Barney," which is on display now through May 20 at the Haggerty Museum of Art, are fairly straightfoward portraiture. But is everything what it seems? http://onmilwaukee.com/ent/articles/theeuropeans.html http://onmilwaukee.com/ent/articles/theeuropeans.html?29534 Mon, 26 Mar 2012 05:05:00 CDT