The document discusses an exhibit of nose art from World War II aircraft currently on display at the EAA AirVenture Museum in Oshkosh. Over 30 pieces of original nose art from combat aircraft are part of the exhibit, providing insight into the creative artwork that was common on bombers and fighters during World War II. The nose art tells unique stories and provides context about the young men who served during the war through depictions of slogans, places and images painted on the aircraft.

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ENTERTAINMENT // EAA NOSE ART
EAA NOSE ART
WWII Aircraft Art Exhibit
EAAIRVENTURE Museum
BY GEORGE HALAS
More than 30 pieces of nose art from
actual World War II combat aircraft are
making their first-ever trip outside their
home museum, with the EAA AirVenture
Museum in Oshkosh chosen as the first
public display location for this rare collec-
tion.
The collection from the Commemo-
rative Air Force (CAF) headquarters in
Dallas, Texas, made its debut on Veterans
Day after a month of preparation in the
EAA museum’s Eagle Hangar, which
honors the people and aircraft of World
War II. The artifacts have been desig-
nated by the National Trust for Historical
Preservation as an official project of Save
America’s Treasures, which seeks to pre-
serve historic structures, art and published
works throughout the nation. It will be on
display at EAA throughout 2016.
“This collection is simply incredible;
there’s no other way to put it,” said Bob
Campbell, director of the EAA AirVenture
Museum. “We’re honored to be the first
museum chosen by the CAF to receive this
priceless collection on loan. It tells a unique
story of the common soldier and airman
during World War II, how this artwork was
created, what it meant to these young men
mostly between 18 and 25 years old, and
the individual tales of these aircraft that
returned along with those that didn’t.”
The nose art was common on the
bombers and fighter aircraft of the era,
and displayed the creativity of crews at air
bases around the world. As was the custom
during World War II, some of the nose
art depicts slogans or places, but many of
them included drawings of young women
(or mothers, such as “Enola Gay,” and
“Memphis Belle”) in poses from chaste to
extremely provocative. Some of the most
risqué art has been moved to the Eagle
Hangar’s “Top Secret” area, which also
includes a surplus atomic bomb casing
from the end of the war.
Each piece of artwork in the collection,
which arrived in six semi-trailers in late
September, includes an interpretive panel
that describes the aircraft from which the
artwork came, its history and any back-
story details to further enrich the visitor
experience.
“It’s difficult to put into total context
today what pressure and danger the Allied
crews faced during the war, but this nose art
was deemed by commanders as an impor-
tant part of the morale for these units,”
said Keegan Chetwynd, CAF museum
curator. “When we began the plan to move
our museum from Midland, Texas, to the
Dallas area, we didn’t want these artifacts
simply stored away in a warehouse, because
it’s important that their stories be told.
EAA and its museum was the first place
that we believed would display this art
with the respect and context that it truly
deserves.”
EAA plans several events throughout
the coming year that features the nose art
collection and tells more of background
behind each piece.
The EAA AirVenture Museum is
located just off Interstate 41 at the High-
way 44 exit in Oshkosh. The Museum is
open daily from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. EAA
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FOOD & DRINK // BREWMASTER
BY STEVE LONSWAY
The Stone Arch brew team pulled
together once again to come up with a
unique beer to sample and write this fine
article. Often we go shopping at a nearby
beer store to see what jumps into our cart.
Other times we reach into our Tap Room
cooler and write about a beer that we
proudly offer to our guests. This month
we chose the latter method and pulled out
Dorothy’s New World Lager from Top-
pling Goliath located in Decorah, Iowa.
This is a relatively new offering for us and
we are certainly glad we are able to inven-
tory it.
Right smack dab during another busy
day in the brewery, Steve brought to the
team a sample of Dorothy in tall, stemmed
glassware. It may have not been a good
choice considering we were bottling, filter-
ing and brewing beer in our fast-paced
brewery. Glass doesn’t pair too well with
stainless steel and concrete but it sure
worked well for the beer itself. You see,
glassware plays a lot into the whole tast-
ing experience and the glass in which you
imbibe should not be overlooked. This
particular vessel stands tall with a wider
bottom portion just above the stem and it
narrows as it reaches the top. The shape
allows the aromatic features of the beer
to “float” above the surface so when it is
brought to your mouth, your nose is in
the glass as well and can’t help but to be
enveloped with the aromas. Feel free to
practice this at home.
The appearance was inviting with
golden tones of brilliancy and a soft white
head that wasn’t exceptionally stable. The
foam quickly disappeared, but lacing
appeared on the sides of the glass as you
drank it. Very enticing appearance from
the get-go.
The nose was soft. What is meant by
that you ask? Soft malt, soft hops, soft
yeast, a gentle scent of lemon and other
floral attributes. Grassy and acidic notes
popped up with a clean hop note and
almost a grassy scent. Overall very clean
and just as enticing as the appearance.
Our absolute favorite part of writing
this article is compiling the tasting notes
from the brew team. The flavors we all
pick out are amazingly diverse but as we
read through them it all comes full circle
as we go back and sample the beer. Yes,
we continue to taste the brew during the
writing phase too.
Here are some words directly from
the tasting notes sheet we issue with the
sample;
Brian writes “I did not expect so much
malt flavor to shine through. The hops are
even tempered all the way through. The
finish is my favorite as the hops continue
to sing their song”.
Andy notes “Slightly creamy mouth-
feel, prickly, malty sweet, with notes of
pear and biscuit”.
Steve writes “Crisp and clean from
the beginning with a malt and mineral
middle”.
Tom adds “Starts with a light but
noticeable malt flavor that flows smoothly
to a nice medium hop/bitter finish”.
Dorothy’s finish was quite a bit more
streamlined. Amazingly clean, crisp, sweet
and floral. Other key words that appeared
were yeasty, refreshing, gentle and pleasing.
All four ingredients are showcased nicely
in this beer. The malt is most evident in
flavor and aroma. Yeast appears in the
aroma and finish. Hops float all the way
through and the water is a bit minerally
and can be detected in the flavor. The
interesting thing to note from Dorothy
is that she is only 11 IBU’s (International
Bitterness Units). That is quite low on the
overall scale, but well in the perimeters
of a California Common which this beer
is classified. She weighs in with 5.5%
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BY KIMBERLY FISHER
Chefs today, whether those in a restau-
rant or you at home, are experimenting
with unique food and wine combinations
to keep their lives interesting. The ever
changing world of wine, along with an ever
widening diversity of available ingredients
in cooking helps make this exploration
worth a try. There are rules one can live by,
but I often like to refer to them as guide-
lines to help you formulate your own idea.
FLAVOR PAIRING – Congruent or
Complement
Congruent pairings have shared com-
pounds that combine together to intensify
flavors. Complementary pairings oppose
and counteract each other to create bal-
ance. Tips to keep in mind when pairing:
Acidic Foods – Foods with high acid
make lower acidic wine taste flat. Match
high acid food with high acid wines for
best combinations.
Rich Foods – A high tannin red wine
acts a palate cleanser to rich, fatty proteins.
Pairing steak with a high elevation Caber-
net Sauvignon works well as the fat of the
meat is tamed by the tannins in the wine.
Spicy Foods –There are two roads you
can travel. If you like spice, heat it up with
a spicy red zinfandel. If you want to feel
refreshed a cold sweet wine with low alco-
hol will counteract the burn of the spice.
Sweet Foods – Sweet foods often make
dry wines taste bitter if the level of sweet-
ness doesn’t match the sweetness of the
dish. It is always best to match sweet foods
with sweet wines.
TASTING WINE
If you were to take a one hole punch
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types of palates to discern from.
Nonsensitive – 10-25%. If you are
nonsensitive, you can handle spicy food
and love the rich, bold flavors. Bitterness
doesn’t bother you because you can’t taste
it all.
Average Taster – 50-75%. If you are
an average taster, you can taste bitterness.
You are able to love most wines and by
simply savoring the flavors, you will be able
to pay attention to nuances.
Hypersensitive – 10-25%. If you are
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Blind Tasting - Practice blind tasting
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14. R8 | SceneNewspaper.com | December 2015
ENTERTAINMENT // JANET PLANET
BY GEORGE HALAS
At least one knowledgeable reviewer
considers the 2010 release, “Janet Planet
Sings The Bob Dylan Songbook, Vol. 1” to
be an important and significant – as well
as a very good – album, but it was largely
overlooked by the critics.
December will see the release of the fol-
low-up, “Janet Planet: Just Like a Woman,”
featuring big band arrangements of those
Dylan songs.
“A few years ago a dear friend of mine,
Kyle Knoke, came to me with this idea of
doing an album of “jazzy arrangements” of
Bob Dylan tunes,” Planet said. “At first I
was hesitant because, to be honest,
I knew a few Bob Dylan tunes as a
kid but never delved in to his poetry,
his musicality, or even his historic
significance like so many Dylan fans have.”
The critics may have missed it, but
musicians did not.
“After we recorded “Janet Planet Sings
The Bob Dylan Songbook Vol. 1” and put
it out on the internet, the saga began,”
Planet continued. “A big band director in
Norway heard the CD online and coinci-
dentally, called (the late) Fred Sturm, head
of Jazz Studies at Lawrence University,
with whom he had worked in the past.
The director from Norway had no idea that
Fred was a dear friend of ours, much less
that we lived in the same community. The
director said ‘have you ever heard of this
singer, Janet Planet?’”
Fred was blown away. “Of course. I
know her well!”
“That was the beginning,” Planet said.
“A plan emerged to arrange all 13 songs
from the original release for big band.
The big band in Norway is made up of
professionals and some part-timers, so the
arrangements had to hit a mark of being
on a certain level for this band. In other
words, it couldn’t be too difficult to play, yet
still needed to be musical. Tom Washatka,
Fred Sturm and Matt Turner went to work
taking these tunes and arranging them for
a 17-piece band.”
Planet began attracting other parts of
the planet as well.
“The other component of international
connection is the fact that much of the
post production was done via email,” she
said. “Darryl John Kennedy, a native of
Wisconsin who now lives in Egypt, came
to the Fox Jazz Fest when we headlined
two years ago. Long story short, he is very
knowledgeable, and works on movie scores
and produces pop singers in Egypt. He
not only became a good friend, but helped
me through some difficult vocal times. He
is also an expert on essential oils. He gave
me specific instructions with oil mixtures
that helped me to sing and, take the best
care of my instrument. He also introduced
me to some vocal warm ups that I still use
today.”
Ultimately, great ideas need money.
“An undertaking such as this has been,
yet again, a learning experience for me
and my husband, Tom Washatka,” Planet
explained. “How do we get these arrange-
ments recorded? Where do we find a
budget for this? A former vocal student of
mine told me to try Kickstarter, an online
crowd funding website. My student said,
‘people want to be involved in the process,
they’ll want to help finance, it’s about the
collective,’ getting more people involved,
giving what they can.”
Tom and Janet have always done things
themselves.
“And we had a hard time with the con-
cept,” Planet said “because we rarely ask
anyone for any help, much less financially.
We’ve had executive producers in the past
and small groups of investors, but never
crowds of people. We finally put together
a campaign and launched it online. To be
honest we were skeptical. We thought, if it
works, great, if not, we’ll start saving.”
It became a success.
“We raised enough to pay musicians
and studio time,” Planet said “and we
recorded it at Lawrence University because
of the technical capabilities. Tom put
together a group of musicians from Wis-
consin. Keeping it local.”
In addition to their stellar playing, the
Washatka’s are both music educators.
“We’ve already performed many of the
arrangements at the University of Min-
nesota, a great start because Minnesota
is Dylan’s home state,” she said. “The
educational aspects emerge on many levels.
At U of M, we were part of workshops
that discussed the poetry of Dylan and
the orchestration that accompanies the
lyric. We were also able to speak on what
we do as career musicians who have and
continue to own and operate our own
recording studio and record label. Then,
we were on a panel that included students
of composition and a Dylan expert. That
was igniting to say the least. We spoke on
the concepts of bringing America’s original
art form, jazz, and America’s true original,
Bob Dylan, together. The arrangements
are playable by good college bands and in
some cases, high school-level big bands.”
There is more education to come.
“I’ve yet to have a chance to mentor
singers to sing the book,” she said. “It’s
extremely challenging on many levels and
takes quite a bit of knowledge of jazz, folk
and blues, to do so. The ranges of the
arrangements, both texturally and dynami-
cally, are very challenging.”
Planet is proud of bringing world focus
to the Fox Cities.
“Mostly, it’s about the fact that we are
locally grown,” she said. “The world is
small, yet the appreciation of the arts in
our community can often be over-looked.
Everyone is local, somewhere. The fact
that the world came to us, and that this
project could make some noise is intrigu-
ing, because to our knowledge, nothing
like this has been done to this extent
before, and that is also good for our com-
munity. Dylan and big band jazz? Only in
Wisconsin!”
There were highlights along the way.
“One was working with our friends in
the band,” Planet said.
The project brought together
some of the best players in the
area, including trumpet play-
ers John Shipper, Jim Doherty, Kevin
Short and Marty Robinson, trombonists
Ken Skitch, Claude Cailliet, Bill Dennee
and Dave Sawall, saxophonists Woody
Mankowski, Marc Jimos, John Greiner,
and Steve Johnson as well as Washatka.
Turner played piano, Tom Theabo and
Kelvin Kaspar contributed their superb
guitar playing while bassist Andy Sachen
and drummer Danny Lueck rounded out
the rhythm section.
Planet also appreciates the bigger pic-
ture.
“I have to add, that everything we do
in this community is with heart, hard work
and the curiosity to continue to learn, take
chances and share,” Planet said. “Musi-
cians do that. The science of music is
about vibrations, the humanity of music is
about connection and community. What
we contribute to our own community, and
how we share our passions is what connects
us and makes us whole. Because it’s a small
world, isn’t it?”
For updates and the actual release date,
follow Janet Planet on Facebook.

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ENTERTAINMENT // WIFEE AND THE HUZZBAND
BY LARRY KAY
If you’ve already had your fill of “Santa
Claus is Coming To Town,” “White
Christmas” and the never ending cavalcade
of holiday music that becomes virtually
inescapable this time of year, take heart
- WiFEE and the HUZz BAND are poised
to release a new Christmas song that’s sure
to vault to the top of your personal holiday
hit chart.
“Everywhere It’s Christmas Time
Again,” is an instant Xmas classic with a
timeless Phil Spector-meets-Motown feel,
but with an infectious, bouncing groove
that keeps it firmly rooted in the present
day. Longtime WiFEE and the HUZz
BAND fan, Little
Steven Van Zandt is
considering adding
the song for special
holiday airplay on
his “Underground
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show, which airs on
weekly the Sirius/
XM channel of the
same name (Chan-
nel 21 for those of
you keeping score)
and on nearly 200
radio stations worldwide.
“Everywhere It’s Christmas Time
Again,” will be backed with a cool and
clever (but not kitschy) rendition of the
forgotten holiday classic, “I Want a Hip-
popotamus For Christmas,” and will be
available on 45 rpm vinyl and CD, with
cover art by nationally known hot rod
artist Doug P’gosh.
Doug’s custom cover seamlessly melds
aspects of traditional hot rod art, lowbrow
art, ‘50s/’60s counterculture, and of course
everything that is WiFEE and the HUZz
BAND. From the love story of Ruby and
Coopy to the band members piled on top
of each other in a tall finned black Cadillac
(and looking like extras from a Rat Fink
comic) and Santa’s littlest chihuahua doing
his best to pull the whole thing, it’s impos-
sible to ignore.
In conjunction with the release of the
record and one-of-a-kind artwork, the
band will be offering limited edition signed
and numbered posters of the cover for sale,
along with T-shirts, and stickers. They will
also be launching a crowd funding pro-
gram in the next few days to help make all
of this possible, and would like to encour-
age anyone who is a fan of live local music
and WiFEE and the HUZz BAND to
visit their website, wifeeandthehuzzband.
com to find out more information!
And, if all that isn’t enough, the band’s
song “She Won’t Go,” has been nominated
to be crowned as “Coolest Song of The Year
2015,” on Little Steven’s Underground
Garage! “She Won’t Go,” debuted on the
Underground Garage
this past summer, as
the “Coolest Song in
the World,” the week of
July 11th and remained
in heavy rotation
through the end of Sep-
tember. To win the title
of “Coolest Song of The
Year 2015,” the band
is enlisting the help
of families, friends,
fans and listeners.
Now through Sunday,
December 27th, you’ll be able to vote for
“She Won’t Go,” once a day, so every fan,
family member and casual acquaintance
can vote. In addition to the voting, fans
over 21 can also enter for the chance to win
a trip to the The Hard Rock Hotel Cancun.
First place prize will receive: round-trip air-
fare for 2, a 4-night stay at the Hard Rock
Hotel in Cancun, Mexico including food
and beverage and $500 in resort credits.
(You can only vote for the “Coolest Song
of The Year” once every 24 hours, but you
can enter the Hard Rock Hotel Cancun
contest as many times as you like.)
The “Coolest Song of 2015” winner
will be announced on January 1st, during
Kid Leo’s “Year End Review of 2015,” show
on Sirius XM-21 where Kid Leo will play
all 50 of the “Coolest Songs” of 2015.
Merry Christmas from
WiFEE & the HUZzBAND
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ENTERTAINMENT // DOBIE MAXWELL
BY DOBIE MAXWELL
One of the last remaining celebrities of
my childhood has died, and it hurts. I am
in mourning.
Growing up in Milwaukee in the 1970’s,
“All Star Wrestling,” was a weekly local TV
institution that had ratings higher than any
other program with the possible exception
of anything related to bowling and/or polka
music. It was part of the local culture and
the wrestlers were iconic figures.
In Milwaukee there was a hometown
hero known as “The Crusher.” Legend had it
he “trained” for his matches by running up
and down Wisconsin Avenue (Milwaukee’s
main drag) carrying a beer keg on his shoul-
der and smoking cigars. He’d dance a few
polkas to work on his cardio too.
Everybody loved The Crusher in Mil-
waukee. No wait, that’s not correct. They
ADORED him to the point of bordering
on flat out worship. Crusher’s legendary
interviews on TV were what I lived for as
a kid, as he promised to rid Milwaukee and
the world of “bums,” and “turkey necks.”
The Crusher was revered as highly, and
probably higher than any other “athlete,”
and nobody doubted he was able to beat
anyone up who crossed his path, including
Muhammad Ali himself. Had he chosen to
play for the Green Bay Packers, we had no
doubt he would stomp on all those nasty
Bears, Vikings and Lions and lay them out
with his infamous “Crusher Bolo” super
punch.
He was always announced as having
“100 Megaton Biceps,” even though nobody
ever had any idea what exactly that meant.
How many megatons are needed in a bicep?
Was there a standard requirement from the
government on how many were needed to
constitute wrestling toughness?
One of The Crusher’s most bitter rivals
in the ring was the underhanded dastardly
and conniving super villain, the universally
despised “Wicked” Nick Bockwinkel.
Billed as being from Beverly Hills,
California along with his oily manager and
perpetual shadow Bobby “The Brain” (but
constantly referred to by fans as “The
Weasel”) Heenan, Bockwinkel held the
AWA world’s championship belt for what
seemed like forever – much to the cha-
grin of everyone possessing moral values.
Bockwinkel’s arrogant swagger,
perpetual sneer and slicked back golden
locks infuriated fans to the boiling
point. In his condescendingly articulate
pre-match interviews he would rarely
raise his voice yet thoroughly insult
Milwaukee’s blue collar working class
population by referring to them as
“humanoids,” then boast smugly of
what terror he would inflict on his next
opponent in the upcoming matches at
the Milwaukee Auditorium. His disre-
spect was borderline blasphemy.
Tickets always just happened to
be available, and I frequently spent
the last of my paper route money as
did my childhood best friend Timbo,
with the specific mission to boo him loudly
and see our hero The Crusher leave the ring
wearing that championship gold around his
thick waist.
Once inside the actual ring, Bockwin-
kel’s rooster like cocky bravado immediately
shrunk into blatant cowardice and he and
his partner in crime Heenan had all they
could handle to keep from getting their
heads ripped off their shoulders and handed
to them by The Crusher or Verne Gagne or
any one of a number of virtuous crusading
good guys who fought by the rules and
played fair.
But somehow, someway just when the
referee happened to turn his head for only
a few seconds Bockwinkel or Heenan would
pull some deviously sinister stunt to turn
the tide of the match and the evil reptile
would slither from the ring beaten to within
an inch of his life - but still champ.
This process consistently happened over
and over, but I always knew the next time
he’d finally get his comeuppance and have to
forfeit his ill-gotten championship belt to an
upstanding citizen who deserved it - maybe
even my hero The Crusher. I was bound and
determined to witness it if it was the last
vision my eyes ever saw. The price of a ticket
was but a tiny obstacle to overcome.
Eventually, like when the hammer drops
about Santa, I found out the ugly truth...
that the matches were all prearranged, and
the wrestlers didn’t really hate each other. It
rocked my world, but only for a short while.
I loved it all the more when I found out it
was all a show and I learned to really appre-
ciate a terrific performance when I saw one.
Those guys were able to make a crowd POP.
Years later as I started in standup
comedy I also found part time work as a
ring announcer for a local Milwaukee wres-
tling promotion that featured wrestlers who
had worked as human chum to get beaten
by the AWA wrestlers in Minneapolis. They
were the stars of their own organization.
I eventually bought the business from
the guy who owned it and wrestled in the
AWA as Tom “Rocky” Stone. His real name
is Steve Hall and his father Redd Hall was a
local radio announcer, and just happened to
be the ring announcer for the live matches I
attended as a kid. Small world.
I eventually promoted my own live
events in the area and got to understand
how the wrestling business worked. With-
out the bad guys or “heels,” there could be
no good guys or “baby faces.”
Amazingly, I also saw that the bad guys
in the ring always seemed to be the nicest
people outside of it and vice versa. I’d trust
my wallet with most of villains, but very few
of the fan favorites.
I have no idea why this is true, but it
absolutely is. Maybe it’s the fun of being
able to play the role opposite of what one
is in everyday life, but I see this as the rule
rather than the exception. It works in real
“Nick of Time”
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ENTERTAINMENT // DOBIE MAXWELL
life too. “Good guys” like Bill Cosby often
portray a wholesome image to the pubic
when in fact a whole lot of “heel” is going on
behind the scenes. It’s a trait in the human
animal.
After my wrestling promoter adventure
days, I eventually got into morning radio
and ended up working at a local Milwaukee
rock station and we had Nick on for an
interview because a cousin of his who lived
in town happened to own a car dealership
,and was having a grand opening event and
put on matches featuring live appearances
by many of the AWA wrestlers of my child-
hood.
Nick was just as smooth and articulate in
his interview on the air as he always was, and
he was a huge hit with our listeners. When
we were finished I asked him if he would
mind coming on weekly to do “Nick’s Picks”
where he would do football predictions for
the weekend of games.
I told him he could do or say whatever
he wanted within reason but the one rule
was he had to perpetuate his heel role and
pick against the beloved Green Bay Packers
each week. The Packers were brutal that year
and he riled up the masses beautifully just as
he did when he was wrestling.
Years later as luck would have it I hap-
pened to be passing through Las Vegas at
the same time Steve Hall happened to be in
town, and he was pretty good friends with
Nick. He asked if I’d like to have lunch with
Nick, and he certainly did not have to ask
twice. I couldn’t wait to meet him.
Nick showed up right on time, tan and
in a sport coat looking like he could still get
into the ring that night. He was in his 70’s
but his handshake was firm and he smiled
like a movie star. He just “had it,” and I was
completely in awe before we sat at our table.
This was what a star looks like.
He said he fondly remembered the radio
bit and how much fun he had because I
knew how to lead him. He couldn’t have
been nicer, and then proceeded to regale us
with an ample supply of super stories about
his matches everywhere including some in
Milwaukee I’d attended as a kid.
It was like Christmas and an audience
with The Pope combined to have the chance
to hang out with such an enormous personal
icon, and it didn’t hurt that the food was ter-
rific too. But I’d have gladly eaten three giant
cans of liver flavored Alpo to have a chance
to bask in all that charisma.
I didn’t talk much at first, but as we got
going I asked some questions and even made
him laugh a couple of times. What a thrill
that was! I think I was floating about ten
feet above my chair, and the whole time I
couldn’t help thinking how surreal it was to
be at the same table enjoying a meal with
someone who at one time I was sure was
the epitome of all things evil. It made me
chuckle.
Somewhere well into the conversation
after the three of us were very much at ease
and having fun I vividly remember blurting
out ,”You have NO clue as to how many
times I scraped up my last little bit of paper
route money to come down to that arena to
boo the living hell out of you.”
The great Nick Bockwinkel looked up
from his meal staring me straight in the
eye and with the exact same understated
arrogant sneer he used so effectively on TV
all those years, and proudly uttered without
a bit of hesitation, “THAT’S the whole idea,
son!” And he went back to his meal.
I shall not ever forget that magnificent
lunch, nor will I forget the fantastic enter-
tainment Nick gave me, whether I realized
it at the time or not. He was playing a role,
and I was suckered in just like everybody
else who watched All Star Wrestling back in
those days - and I love him for it.
Nick Bockwinkel was one of the all-
time greats of professional wrestling both
in the ring and out. A classier gentleman I
have never met, and our lunch will always
be a highlight of my life. I’m sure he and
The Crusher have already had a few laughs
knowing they pulled one over on all of us
for all those years. They were true masters of
their craft, and they enriched my childhood.
Thanks champ! This particular human-
oid will always fondly remember your true
greatness.
Dobie Maxwell is a stand up comedian from
Milwaukee. To read more of his musings,
visit dobiemaxwell.com
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ENTERTAINMENT // POSTCARD FROM MILWAUKEE
BY BLAINE SCHULTZ
Back in September, when word leaked
out that Loaded, the Velvet Underground’s
fourth and final studio album was getting
the deluxe reissue treatment. I emailed
a record company contact to get the
lowdown. But I forgot that Loaded was
released on a different label than the previ-
ous three albums.
My contact Todd reminded me of this
but suggested we keep in touch because
Polydor/Universal was going to release
something I might find interesting.
This was a late Friday afternoon, I
wasn’t sure what coast Todd was working
from but thought I’d give him a call. He
said that they would be doing a project on
the Matrix tapes, but couldn’t offer many
details at that point. But like his email
said, “Keep in touch.”
Hmm -- Matrix? -- the jazz-fusion
group from Appleton, with ties to Law-
rence University? Maybe Todd thought
the Wisconsin connection would make
sense.
Then a bomb went off in my head.
The Matrix was a San Francisco club where
the Velvet Underground played in 1969.
After the band had called it a day,
Paul Nelson at Mercury Records released
a live transcendent, face-melting two LP
set comprised of material recorded at the
Matrix and also a club in Dallas called the
End of Cole Avenue. For years rumors cir-
culated the Matrix tapes had been recorded
on multi track and were even better than
what had been released in 1969.
The Complete Matrix Tapes captures
the Velvets’ performances on November
26 and 27, 1969. The 26th was the day
President Nixon signed a bill authorizing
the Vietnam draft lottery and the 27th was
Thanksgiving. By this point the band had
become road dogs and long since shed the
novelty tag of “Andy Warhol’s group,” that
initially saddled them.
It is 1984 and my roommate Norm just
bought used copies of Loaded and Live 1969
at a store that specializes in comic books. The
owner has a small rack of his own LP’s he is
unloading. The University of Wisconsin-Eau
Claire is half a continent away from San
Francisco, but the Velvets live album was
our main soundtrack. It sustained us then.
Today it still works wonders.
The previously unreleased Matrix mate-
rial is a near-revelation. Like a jazz band
that reinterprets its repertoire each night
of a residency, the Velvet Underground are
playful, experimenting with the resilience
of their material. “Sister Ray” clocks in at
just under 37 minutes. Bassist Doug Yule
recalls Lou Reed adding new verses to
songs or shifting perspective. “New Age,”
Reed said, “had three different iterations –
the same song looked at in a different way.”
In the early 1980’s the late Robert
Quine played guitar with Reed, but in
1969 he was at the November 27th Matrix
show, recording it on cassette for his own
reference. “People have asked me. ‘Were
you aware that you were preserving some-
thing historic?’ I definitely was.”
It is March 13, 1996 and my buddy
Mickey and I are in Austin, Texas where Lou
Reed is playing his first concert in Texas since
perhaps 1974. The day after the show we chat
with David Fricke who wrote the liner notes
for the Velvet Underground reissues. On the
drive down we had located the building that
once housed The End of Cole niteclub. We
had it bad.
Like any great works of art, the live
Velvet Underground continues to reveal
itself. On the The Complete Matrix
Tapes “White Light/White Heat” sounds
like Chuck Berry in the Twilight Zone, it
simply levitates. Modern music still has
not caught up. We hear the soul of the
band, Sterling Morrison’s jagged riffing
on “Venus in Furs,” the power of drum-
mer Maureen Tucker’s tribal thump on
“Ocean,” and vocal innocence on “After
Hours.”
We feel the taut R&B punch of “There
She Goes,” (with an intro riff swiped
from Marvin Gaye) and throughout the
performances Doug Yule’s bass runs and
organ parts now find a better place in the
mix. The manic energy of Reed and Mor-
rison’s amphetamine guitar strumming is
contrasted with the small club intimacy of
the band’s all but overlooked lyricism.
It’s one hundred years from today, and
everyone who is reading this is dead. I’m
dead. You’re dead. And some kid is taking
a music course in junior high and maybe he’s
listening to the Velvet Underground because
he’s got a to write a report on classical rock &
roll, and I wonder what that kid is thinking.
Elliott Murphy – 1969.
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ENTERTAINMENT // CONCERT WATCH
BY JANE SPIETZ
Sisters, Ann and Nancy Wilson led the
iconic rock ‘n roll group Heart to success
in the ‘70s, during a time when female
artists were not readily welcomed into the
music scene. Heart flew up the charts with
major hits like “Crazy on You,” “Barracuda,”
“Magic Man,” and “Straight On.” It was a
winning combination from the start with
Ann’s incredibly powerful lead vocals and
Nancy’s virtuoso guitar stylings. Heart’s
accomplishments continued on with clas-
sics like “These Dreams,” ‘What About
Love,” “Never,” and “Alone.” Recent album
chart successes include Red Velvet Car and
Fanatic, released in 2010 and 2012 respec-
tively. Heart was inducted into the rock ‘n
roll Hall of Fame in 2013 and continues to
tour widely to the delight of its fans.
The Wilson sisters are accomplished
musicians, singers, and song writers. They
have achieved individual success as well.
Ann performed on “Almost Paradise,” from
the film Footloose, “Surrender to Me,” from
Tequila Sunrise and other motion picture
themes. Nancy wrote and performed the
scores to numerous motion pictures includ-
ing “Almost Famous,” and “Jerry Maguire.”
Together, Ann and Nancy put out their
memoir, “Kicking and Dreaming: a Story of
Heart, Soul and Rock and Roll,” which was
on the New York Times Best Sellers list for
several weeks in 2012. In May 2015, they
put out a children’s book, “Dog & But-
terfly,” based on their hit song of the same
name.
I spoke to Ann Wilson recently as the
members of Heart were in Las Vegas enjoy-
ing a day off during their current tour.
Jane Spietz: What influences steered
you and Nancy toward your careers in
music? I know that your family played a
large part in this.
Ann Wilson: Yeah, our family was
always really musical. Our mother always
played Judy Garland, Harry Belafonte, the
Limelighters, the Kingston Trio, opera,
operetta, classical music. I played in the
school band. I think I really lit up to music
when the English invasion occurred - the
Beatles and the Rolling Stones. Although
before that, I had been a pretty big fan of
R&B. Ann Peebles, Aretha, Fontana Bass,
and some of those types of ladies. When
we started trying to write our own music, it
took a while before we found our own voice.
JS: Early on you and Nancy encountered
sexist attitudes from those who felt that a
female rock ‘n’ roll band couldn’t make it in
the music business.
AW: The way it was set up back then,
there was allowed to be one female artist
played on the radio per hour. If it was Joan
Baez, that was her hour. Or if it was Susie
Quatro or Melanie, etc., then you are out of
luck. That’s how it started. There was a disco
craze going on then so most of the time
there were disco divas on the air. There were
no real rock women. That was something
that had to take root and build and grow
over time. And with some pushing. It took a
few years for women to be accepted as even
legitimate, let alone artists.
JS: At the 2012 Kennedy Center
Honors tribute to Led Zeppelin, you and
Nancy were asked to perform “Stairway to
Heaven,” as the finale. Robert Plant, Jimmy
Page, and John Paul Jones were visibly
moved, and you brought the entire audience
to its feet.
AW: That was quite an experience, never
to be forgotten.
JS: President Obama and First Lady
Michelle were in attendance at that event.
I know that you are big fans of theirs. We
have another election coming up. I’m not
going to ask you tell us which candidate you
like, but do you feel that you and Nancy
might plan to throw your support behind
the eventual nominee in the 2016 presiden-
tial election?
AW: Absolutely. We can’t go around
blaming politicians for being at fault for
everything that’s wrong if we elect the
wrong people. And, if people don’t get out
and vote, that’s an issue.
JS: You and Nancy released your
memoir, “Kicking & Dreaming: A Story
of Heart, Soul and Rock & Roll,” in 2012.
What was the inspiration for that?
AW: We wanted to tell our story and
have it not be a whitewash. We wanted to
tell the real story, tell a woman’s story, and
our family’s story, and not have it be just
another trashy rock book. Lots and lots of
people have wanted to write Heart books,
but I waited
until we could
w o r k w i t h
Charles Cross.
I had read his
book about
Nirvana and
Kurt Cobain,
and his book
a b o u t Ji m i
He n d r i x . I
thought that
t h o s e t w o
stories were
told really in a
classy way, and
in a way that
was dramatic
a n d h o n e s t
without being
sleazy. Charlie is from Seattle and both of
those artists were from Seattle, as we are. So,
Charlie had a good sense of place. I think it
worked out really well.
JS: Along the same literary lines, I’d like
to hear about the children’s book that you
and Nancy penned.
AW: Yes. We’ve both been parents, and
we’ve both spent a lot of time reading books
to our children. We saw the value in writing
a book that not only kids would like, but
also one that the parents could read over and
over and over again, and enjoy as well. We
thought, which one of our songs is the most
childlike, and it was “Dog & Butterfly.” So
we chose that for our book.
JS: You have been taking a different path
with The Ann Wilson Thing. That has to be
so exciting.
AW: Yeah, it is. The Ann Wilson Thing
is totally different from Heart. We play no
Heart music. It has a different mindset to
it. We try to play songs that say something,
and that are relevant. We do a lot covers.
Bob Dylan, Peter Gabriel, Tim Buckley.
It’s just really a whole different way for me
to stretch out and use my voice and my
emotions. It’s really a great thing for me. So
refreshing. We’re very stripped-down with
this. We’re not making Heart money or
anything. We’re doing it for love, really. It’s a
whole lot of fun to go do whatever we want
with no expectations.
JS: You are involved with numerous
causes and philanthropic efforts. Please
touch on one that is near and dear to your
heart.
AW: I think that Planned Parenthood
is one of the most important ones we have.
To get people to understand the purpose of
Planned Parenthood is first and foremost.
It’s not just an abortion clinic. It helps
people in that regard, but there’s so much
more that’s available from them. Breast
exams, physicals, all kinds of childcare,
pediatrics, obstetrics. So much more than
what the opposition would paint it as. I
think it’s very important to get the truth out
about Planned Parenthood. It affords the
best of care.
JS: What do you and Nancy wish for the
future of Heart?
AW: I wish for Heart that it can keep
moving forward in an evolving way. That it
can maintain relevance in the world. If not,
I hope that it can bow out gracefully. We’re
not thinking of doing that at the moment.
I want to be involved in something that is
real, and really has something to say. Some-
thing that doesn’t chase radio hits or pop
image. I just want to make great music with
Heart, and feel good about it.
JS: We are very much looking forward
to Heart performing at the Riverside The-
ater in Milwaukee on Monday, December 7.
AW: There will be rock ‘n roll, ballads, a
lot of singing. It’s a big rock show. It’s going
to be new stuff, old stuff, some surprising
covers. It’s going to be very uplifting, and
fans are going to be very glad they went.
Straight to the HEART at the Riverside
WHAT: Heart
WHERE:
Riverside Theater, Milwaukee
WHEN:
Monday, December 7, 2015
COST: Tickets: $85, $70, $60, $50
INFO: pabsttheater.org/show/
heart2015
www.heart-music.com/welcome
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CALENDAR // LIVE MUSIC
DECEMBER 3
HAPPY ENDING
DEJA VU
APPLETON 9:00 PM
KITTY CORONA
MENOMINEE CASINO
KESHENA 8-12:00 PM
STAGE HOGGS ACOUSTIC
WORLD OF BEER
MIDDLETON 9:00 PM
DECEMBER 4
BIG MOUTH
ANDUZZIS
HOWARD 9:00 PM
STEVE & MARK
BECKETS
OSHKOSH 8:00 PM
HEATBOX
CRANKY PATS
NEENAH 10:00 PM
“ANASTASIA LEE, MARK
RINGWELSKI & THE
PEGUERO SISTERS”
CUP O JOY
GREEN BAY 7:30 PM
THE 151’S
DEJA VU
APPLETON 9:00 PM
JANET PLANET
LAWRENCE MEMORIAL
CHAPEL
APPLETON
HITS
LCO CASINO
HAYWARD 9-1:00
KITTY CORONA
MENOMINEE CASINO
KESHENA
8-12:00 DAPHNI & DOOZEY
WITH DAPHNI
MILL CREEK
APPLETON 10:00 PM
DANA ERLANDSON
MONA ROSE WINERY
GREEN BAY 7-10 PM
BAD HABITZ
MS BAR
LITTLE CHUTE 9:30 PM
DRIFTWOOD
REVS BOWL BAR AND GRILL
OSHKOSH 8:00 PM
UNITY
SARDINE CAN
GREEN BAY 9:00 PM
CONSULT THE BRIEFCASE
SLIPPERY NOODLE
INDIANAPOLIS 8:30 PM
DAN TULSA BAND
STONE HARBOR
STURGEON BAY 8:30-12:00
MILES OVER MOUNTAINS
THE COLD SHOT
APPLETON 10:00 PM
“THE QUEENS W/ REV.
NORB & THE ONIONS,
HOLY SHIT!, JETTY BOYS”
THE LYRIC ROOM
GREEN BAY 9:30 PM
AARON VORASS
THE SHINERY
NEENAH 7:00 PM
BOOMBOXX
THE SHORT BRANCH
NEENAH 10:00 PM
UNWRITTEN CONSENT
WISEGUYS
GREENVILLE 9:30 PM
BOBBY EVANS DUO
WORLD OF BEER
MIDDLETON 9:00 PM
BIG AND TALL
WORLD OF BEER
APPLETON 9:00 PM
DECEMBER 5
ROOFTOP JUMPERS
ANDUZZIS EAST
GREEN BAY 9:00 PM
SPITFIRE RODEO
ANDUZZIS SPORTS CLUB
GREEN BAY 9:30 PM
“THE POLAR PROJECT,
COLLIN & CHRIS
UNPLUGGED”
APPLETON ST. SPORTS BAR
&GRILL
APPLETON 7:00PM
ANDY’S AUTOMATICS
BECKETS
OSHKOSH 8:00 PM
NO STONE SOUP BAND
BRIDGE BAR
FREMONT 8:00PM
“HOLIDAY IN GRAND
STYLE FEATURING HOLLY
SAUNDERS, SOPRANO”
CENTRAL WI SYMPHONY
ORCHESTRA
STEVENS POINT 7:30PM
CLOVERTON CHRISTMAS
CUP O JOY
GREEN BAY 7:30 PM
CHARLES WALKER BAND
DEJA VU
APPLETON 9:00 PM
CRANKIN YANKEES
FAT JOES
FOND DU LAC 9:30 PM
RABID AARDVARKS
HEADLINERS
NEENAH 9:30 PM
BRUCE KOESTNER
HEIDEL HOUSE
GREEN LAKE 7-10:00
CHASIN MASON
HITCHING POST
KOHLSVILLE 9-1:00
HYDE
JACKSON POINT SPORTS
GRILL
SEYMOUR 9:00 PM
THE PRESIDENTS
JIMMY SEAS
GREEN BAY 9:00 PM
THE COUGARS
KOUNTRY BAR
APPLETON 9:30 PM
HITS
LCO CASINO
HAYWARD 9-1:00
DIAMOND AND STEEL
LEAP INN
FREEDOM 9:30 PM
KITTY CORONA
MENOMINEE CASINO
KESHENA 8-12:00
6 FIGURES
PLANK ROAD PUB
DE PERE 8:30 PM
REPLICA
REVS BOWL BAR AND GRILL
OSHKOSH 9:00 PM
FINE LINE
SAND BOX
GREEN BAY 9:00 PM
BAD HABITZ
SARDINE CAN
GREEN BAY 9:00 PM
CONSULT THE BRIEFCASE
SLIPPERY NOODLE
INDIANAPOLIS 8:30 PM
POUNDING FATHERS
SLUGGERS
APPLETON 9:30 PM
STAR SIX NINE
STONE TOAD
MENASHA 9:00 PM
BAZOOKA JOE
STURGEON BAY YACHT
CLUB
STURGEON BAY 8:00 PM
THE LOOSE SCREWS
THE COLD SHOT APPLETON
10:00PM
THE 4THONTHEFLOOR W/
LIVER KILLERS
THE LYRIC ROOM
GREEN BAY 9:30 PM
RED LIGHT SAINTS
THE SHORT BRANCH
NEENAH 11:00 PM
BRIAN JAMES
WORLD OF BEER
MIDDLETON 9:00 PM
DECEMBER 6
“HOLIDAY IN GRAND
STYLE FEATURING HOLLY
SAUNDERS, SOPRANO”
CENTRAL WI SYMPHONY
ORCHESTRA
STEVENS POINT 4:00PM
HITS
LCO CASINO
HAYWARD 2-6:00
DECEMBER 8
THE HAIR BAND
THE COLD SHOT APPLETON
9:30 PM
DECEMBER 9
“TONY WAGNER, DANNY
JARABECK & DREW HICKS
- WED. WITH WAGS”
WHEELHOUSE
WAUPACA 8:00PM
DECEMBER 10
CRAIG HAWKINSON AND
SPECIAL GUESTS
DÈJA VU
APPLETON 9:00 PM
LONESOME RED & THE
BLUE STRINGS
THE COLD SHOT
APPLETON 9:30 PM
STAGE HOGGS ACOUSTIC
WORLD OF BEER
MIDDLETON 9:00 PM
DECEMBER 11
GRAND UNION
ANDUZZIS EAST
GREEN BAY 9:00 PM
THE POCKET KINGS
BECKETS
OSHKOSH 8:00 PM
HITS
CIMARRON
MENASHA 9-1:00
MARK SMEBY
CUP O JOY
GREEN BAY 7:30 PM
BOBBY EVANS BAND
DEJA VU
APPLETON 9:00 PM
THE POLAR PROJECT
EMMETT’S
APPLETON 9:30PM
ROSETTI & WIGLEY
ISLE CASINO
WATERLOO IA 9-1:00
CONSULT THE BRIEFCASE
MILWAUKEE ALE HOUSE
MILWAUKEE 9:30 PM
THE PRESIDENTS
REVS BOWL BAR AND GRILL
OSHKOSH 8:00 PM
R2
SARDINE CAN
GREEN BAY 9:30 PM
THE HOOK UP
THE COLD SHOT
APPLETON 10:00 PM
BRUISER QUEEN
THE LYRIC ROOM
GREEN BAY 9:00 PM
BOXKAR
THE SHORT BRANCH
NEENAH 10:00 PM
BIG AND TALL
WORLD OF BEER
MIDDLETON 9:00 PM
DECEMBER 12
JOHNNY WAD
ANDUZZIS - HOWARD
HOWARD 9:30 PM
WILDSIDE
BACKSTAGE BAR
FOND DU LAC 9:00 PM
RINGS
BECKETS
OSHKOSH 8:00 PM
NASHVILLE PIPELINE
CAPITOL CENTRE
APPLETON 9:30 PM
BURBILLIES
CRANKY PATS
NEENAH 10:00 PM
THE NEVERCLAIM
CUP O JOY
GREEN BAY 7:30 PM
TWEED FUNK
DEJA VU
APPLETON 9:00 PM
RABID AARDVARKS
FAT JOES
FOND DU LAC 9:30 PM
HAZ/SOUTHERN GYPSY
HEADLINERS
NEENAH 9:30 PM
BILL STEINERT
HEIDEL HOUSE
GREEN LAKE 7-10:00
HURRY UP WAIT
HORTONVILLE LANES
HORTONVILLE 9:30 PM
ROSETTI & WIGLEY
ISLE CASINO
WATERLOO IA 9-1:00
FOLLOW SUIT
KOUNTRY BAR
APPLETON 9:30 PM
BIG AND TALL
LADDERHOUSE
LITTLE CHUTE 9:00 PM
ADAMS WAY
LEAP INN
FREEDOM 10:00 PM
DANA ERLANDSON
MACKINAWS
GREEN BAY 7:30-11:00 PM
THE BOMB
PLANK ROAD PUB
DE PERE 8:30 PM
DIAMOND AND STEEL
REVS BOWL BAR AND GRILL
OSHKOSH 9:00 PM
HORSESHOES & HAND
GRENADES
SENTRY THEATER @1800
STEVENS POINT 7:30PM
BOXKAR
SLUGGERS
APPLETON 9:30 PM
DAVE OLSEN BAND
STONE HARBOR
STURGEON BAY 8:30-12:00
R P M
STONE TOAD
MENASHA 9:00 PM
JAM FUNK ALL STARS
THE COLD SHOT
APPLETON 10:00 PM
BAD HABITZ
THE SHACK
FOND DU LAC 9:00 PM
GRAND UNION
THE SHORT BRANCH
NEENAH 10:00 PM
STAGE HOGGS ACOUSTIC
WORLD OF BEER
APPLETON 9:00 PM
REDFISH REMIX
WORLD OF BEER
APPLETON 9-12:00
DOUBLE DOWN
WORLD OF BEER
MIDDLETON 9:00 PM
CONSULT THE BRIEFCASE
WOUTERS SPORTS BAR
LITTLE SUAMICO 9:00 PM
DECEMBER 13
THE COUGARS
ANDUZZIS SPORTS CLUB
GREEN BAY 11:00 AM
JOHNNY WAD
ANDUZZIS SPORTS CLUB
GREEN BAY 6:30 PM
R P M
KROLLS WEST
GREEN BAY 11:30 AM
ROAD TRIP
STADIUM VIEW
GREEN BAY 7:00 PM
CONSULT THE BRIEFCASE
THE BAR HOLMGREN WAY
GREEN BAY 6:30 PM
DECEMBER 16
PAT MCCURDY
ANDUZZIS SPORTS CLUB
GREEN BAY 8:00 PM
DECEMBER 17
REVEREND RAVEN
1001 CLUB
GREEN BAY 8:00 PM
ROB ANTHONY
DÈJA VU
APPLETON 9:00 PM
DIG DEEP
DECEMBER 2015
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THE COLD SHOT
APPLETON 9:30 PM
JIM COUNTER
WORLD OF BEER
MIDDLETON 9:00 PM
DECEMBER 18
REVEREND RAVEN & THE
CHAIN SMOKING ALTER
BOYS
BECKETS
OSHKOSH 8:00 PM
BUFFALO STOMP BAND
BRIDGE BAR
FREMONT 8:00PM
ADAMS WAY
CASH AND SWILLIES
KAUKAUNA 9:30 PM
BIG CEDAR BLUEGRASS -
CHRISTMAS
CUP O JOY
GREEN BAY 7:30-10:00 PM
DAVE OLSEN BAND
DÈJA VU
APPLETON 9:00 PM
CONSULT THE BRIEFCASE
MILL CREEK
APPLETON 9:30 PM
BOXKAR
MILWAUKEE ALE HOUSE
MILWAUKEE 9:30 PM
BAZOOKA JOE
NORTHSTAR CASINO
BOWLER 8:00 PM
THE DEL RAYS
REVS BOWL BAR AND GRILL
OSHKOSH 8:00 PM
THE JIMMYS
SADOFF PAC
FOND DU LAC 8:00 PM
DAPHNI
SARDINE CAN
GREEN BAY 9:00 PM
THE COUGARS
SHOOTS BAR
SUAMICO 9:00 PM
HITS
SILVER CRYST
WAUTOMA 8-12:00
THE BLUES DISCIPLES
SLIPPERY NOODLE
INDIANAPOLIS 8:30 PM
GREEN SCREEN KID
SLUGGERS
APPLETON 9:30 PM
GREAT BLUE NORTHERN
THE COLD SHOT
APPLETON 10:00 PM
CRANKIN YANKEES
WISEGUYS
GREENVILLE 9:30 PM
ZAKK ABITZ
WORLD OF BEER
MIDDLETON 9:00 PM
DECEMBER 19
BAD HABITZ
10TH FRAME
APPLETON 9:00 PM
DIAMOND AND STEEL
ANDUZZIS - HOWARD
HOWARD 9:00 PM
THE PRESIDENTS
ANDUZZIS EAST
GREEN BAY 9:00 PM
JANET PLANET
BECKETS
OSHKOSH 8:00 PM
THIRD WHEEL BAND
BRIDGE BAR
FREMONT 8:00PM
NATTY NATION
CRANKY PATS
NEENAH 10:00 PM
RANDY STONEHILL
CUP O JOY
GREEN BAY 7:30 PM
A-TOWN UNPLUGGED
DÈJA VU
APPLETON 9:00 PM
CHASIN MASON
FAT JOES
FOND DU LAC
STAR SIX NINE
FOX HARBOR PUB & GRILL
GREEN BAY 9:00 PM
CONSULT THE BRIEFCASE
GRAVEL PIT SPORTS BAR
AND GRILL
KIEL 9:00 PM
NASHVILLE PIPELINE
HEADLINERS
NEENAH 9:30 PM
FRAN STEENO
HEIDEL HOUSE
GREEN LAKE 7-10:00
BIG MOUTH & THE POWER
TOOL HORNS
JIMMY SEAS
GREEN BAY 9:00 PM
GRAND UNION
LEAP INN
FREEDOM 9:30 PM
BAZOOKA JOE
NORTHSTAR CASINO
BOWLER 8:00 PM
R2
PLANK ROAD PUB
DE PERE 8:30 PM
EMINENCE
REVS BOWL BAR AND GRILL
OSHKOSH 9:00 PM
THE COUGARS
SAND BOX
GREEN BAY 9:00 PM
FOLLOW SUIT
SARDINE CAN
GREEN BAY 9:00 PM
HITS
SILVER CRYST
WAUTOMA 8-12:00
THE BLUES DISCIPLES
SLIPPERY NOODLE
INDIANAPOLIS 8:30 PM
HYDE
SLUGGERS
APPLETON 9:30 PM
BOXKAR
STONE TOAD
MENASHA 9:00 PM
CEMETERY GATEZ
TANNERS
KIMBERLY 7:00 PM
VESPA WOMEN / SONS OF
KONG / BACKER
THE COLD SHOT
APPLETON 10:00 PM
“KURT GUNN, THE
RAGLANDERS, FEED
THE DOG AND THE
CHOCOLATEERS”
THE LYRIC ROOM
GREEN BAY 8:00 PM
REVEREND RAVEN
THE SHORT BRANCH
NEENAH 10:00 PM
SWITCHBACK
THRASHER OPERA HOUSE
GREEN LAKE 7:30 PM
CONSULT THE BRIEFCASE
WAVERLY BEACH
MENASHA 6:30 PM
BIG AND TALL
WORLD OF BEER
MIDDLETON 9:00 PM
DECEMBER 20
REVEREND RAVEN
SMILING MOOSE
NEW HOLSTEIN 6:15 PM
DECEMBER 22
THE HAIR BAND
THE COLD SHOT
APPLETON 9:30 PM
DECEMBER 23
THE SWINGING
JOHNSONS
DÈJA VU
APPLETON 8:00 PM
ALS SHOW
THE LYRIC ROOM
GREEN BAY 9:00 PM
“MAMA, PLATINUM BOYS,
HOLLY AND THE NICE
LIONS, REV. NORB AND
THE ONIONS”
THE LYRIC ROOM
GREEN BAY 9:30 PM
DECEMBER 25
HITS
MENOMINEE CASINO
KESHENA 8-12:00
BOBBY EVANS
THE COLD SHOT
APPLETON 10:00 PM
DECEMBER 26
NASHVILLE PIPELINE
21 GUN ROADHOUSE
LEDGEVIEW 9:30 PM
ANNEX
ANDUZZIS - EAST
GREEN BAY 9:30 PM
TIN SANDWICH
BECKETS
OSHKOSH 8:00 PM
HOWLING AT THE MOON
BRIDGE BAR
FREMONT 7:00PM
SLY JOE AND THE SMOOTH
OPERATORS
DÈJA VU
APPLETON 9:00 PM
THE PRESIDENTS
FAT JOES
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ADAMS WAY
HEADLINERS
NEENAH 9:30 PM
FRAN STEENO
HEIDEL HOUSE
GREEN LAKE 7-10:00
DIAMOND AND STEEL
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ENTERTAINMENT // CHRISTMASES PAST
BY MICHAEL MENTZER
I never know when it will happen…I
simply know that it will.
There have been plenty of times, I con-
fess, that I told myself I didn’t care as much
about Christmas as I once did…that it was
not as meaningful or emotional or uplifting
as it was 10 years ago, or 25 or 50.
I’ll drive from place to place or take a
walk one day and it’s just like any other day,
maybe even a bit more boring or drab.
Then it all changes. I don’t understand
why. I’ve tried over the years to figure it out,
but it’s beyond my mental and emotional
abilities.
There were times I chalked up the
changes in perception to lights and deco-
rations, holiday music, the apprehension
of little children for the Big Day, a more
tolerant feeling in general about people,
especially the ones who otherwise rub us the
wrong way, and maybe the fact that people
step out of character and let down their
guard for a few days out of the year.
I admit that I don’t get it.
So I welcome it, whatever it may be, for
however long it lasts.
Literary genius
Long ago, I reached the conclusion that
Charles Dickens was a literary genius and
that his book “A Christmas Carol” repre-
sented a masterpiece of messages that truly
changed people’s lives, though it was not
well received when it was published, and it
took the passing of generations before it was
acclaimed.
I welcome and relish Christmas Past,
but admit the other two characters scare the
breath out of me.
I see them in the news all the time in all
sorts of ways and in all parts of the world. In
a way I realize they’re somehow tied to the
past, but they are so much more frightening
in the Present moment and in the specter of
what yet will come.
Christmas Past exudes a feeling of com-
fort and care and sometimes heartache and
tears, but the uplifting kind, not the bitter
variety. There is a simplicity in the Past that
makes us think we understand it.
I’m not so sure…not sure how simple
it was or how understandable it may have
been.
But there is comfort in it.
Influential traditions
In all honesty, there are no outstand-
ing, earthshaking, life-changing Christmas
events in my life…wait, I take that back;
there is one for sure.
There are plenty of little events though
that have worked their magic on me.
One of them known and shared by my
five brothers and sisters was the tradition in
our family that no one could go downstairs
on Christmas morning until Dad called us.
It never dawned on any of us back then
how much sacrifice and work on their part
went into that simple Christmas morning
tradition.
One of my first memories of those
mornings — probably when I was 4 or 5
— is the sound of Dad stoking the old coal
furnace as heat banged and boomed its way
through the ducts into the first floor. It took
hours for heat to reach through the upstairs
bedrooms.
Years later when the coal furnace no
longer existed, the youngest in the family
pointed to a circular mark on the oak wood-
work in the dining room and wondered
what it was.
Hardly anyone today would know that
the circular outline is where a hand-cranked
damper connected by chains to the furnace
was located, and that our Dad was a master
at making it coax heat from red fire-breath-
ing chunks of coal into the house all winter
long.
The people who now live in our family
home have no clue. To them I’m sure it’s
just an unfortunate mark on the beautiful
woodwork which Dad refinished when he
and Mom bought the house 66 years ago in
the midst of the post-war baby boom.
Flashes of Christmas Past
Flashes of Christmas Past visit me in
memories of walks to Midnight Mass,
wingtip shoes, currant biscuits, solitary
walks along Lake Monona and the Yahara
River on Christmas afternoon (I could still
walk that path with my eyes closed), a Live
Nativity presentation in a barn, the strains
of “Stille Nacht” and “I’ll Be Home for
Christmas,” and a diamond ring promise to
the woman I married 46 years ago.
For years, grade school through high
school, Midnight Mass on Christmas Eve
was a family tradition.
My younger brothers and sisters knew
they were no longer, “little kids” when they
were finally allowed to attend Midnight
Mass.
In the early days we walked eight blocks
back and forth to church. It seems almost
impossible to me today, but we didn’t have a
car, and never gave it a second thought.
The church at midnight always seemed
hot and holy, bright with candles and carols,
and spiced to the brim with the fragrance of
incense so overwhelming it lingered in our
clothes for hours.
On the walk home, I remember passing
the homes and stores where I delivered the
morning newspaper. I don’t remember snow
in those days as much as I recall the vault
of a bluish–black velvet sky, and twinkling
stars much brighter than other nights…
probably just my imagination.
Wingtip shoes
My Dad always wore wingtip shoes on
Sundays, Christmas and Easter. The rest of
the week he wore heavy leather boots at the
factory where he worked.
He prized those wingtips and they
shined, often because I shined them. He
held me to a high standard, and when I
became older my younger brother took over.
We share a common bond tied by a seem-
ingly simple task.
There are times after all these years that
I think I may have walked in his shoes in
a figurative sense as a father, grandfather,
worker, homeowner.
But knowing his story better now that
he’s gone, I realize that it’s difficult to truly
walk in the shoes of almost anyone from the
Greatest Generation.
Currant biscuits
At home after Mass, we sat around the
dining room table in our usual places and
savored homemade currant biscuits.
My Mom and our grandmother (Mom’s
Mom) baked bread at least a couple times a
week for the nine of us.
In those days we had currant biscuits
only on Christmas. In reality they were
no different from the normal biscuits they
made every week, except that they had cur-
rants, like miniature raisins, in them. What
made them truly special was the fact they
were shared only after Midnight Mass.
For us, it was almost sacred in a fun and
significant way. Those simple biscuits were
like communion made by the women of our
family in their own kitchen.
Live Nativity
Music always plays a role in memories
this time of year. We’ve had the uplifting
pleasure in recent years to witness the Live
Nativity presentation at Villa Loretto in
Mount Calvary.
The event is held in the barn with
spectators packed into bleacher seats along
the outer walls. The smells are earthy. Farm
animals are featured. It is humbling and
emotional to be there considering the mes-
sage that is being sent.
I remember on one occasion catching
an emotional glimpse of an old man in
the audience singing “Stille Nacht,” and
then dabbing his eyes with a red bandanna
handkerchief. I wondered how many times
he had sung that German-language version
of “Silent Night,” as a boy and as a man,
and how many years he had farmed in the
Holyland, and what it all meant to him.
‘I’ll Be Home’
There is another song that has captured
my consciousness in recent years. I’ve
known it for years, but only recently has it
drawn an emotional response.
It was first performed in 1943 in the
midst of World War II as if an American
soldier serving overseas were writing to his
family about being ‘home for Christmas.’
It makes me think of historic Christmas
battles at Trenton in the Revolutionary War,
and World War II in the bloody Battle of
the Bulge that helped to give birth to, and
safeguard a nation and a way of life.
It seems so uncharacteristic to speak
of war and battles in relation to peace and
salvation.
It’s another aspect of the overall story
that I don’t understand, but accept nonethe-
less.
I tend to think that what I’m comfort-
able with will remain the same, that tradi-
tions will never change and that people who
are close to me will always be nearby. I know
that’s not realistic, but I’m stunned at times
by the changes that occur.
Memories provide perspective and com-
fort amid the changes, and the realization
that changes are inevitable.
My parents have passed. The wingtips
and currant biscuits are long gone. The
Greatest Generation is fading into history.
Our children are grown. We watch our
grandchildren and wonder. A simpler time
is no more.
The lyrics of that 1943 song ring strong
and true over seven decades: “I’ll be home
for Christmas, if only in my dreams.”
That will never change no matter which
generation takes the stage.
Michael Mentzer, now retired after a 40-year
newspaper career, writes a monthly column
for Scene.
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ENTERTAINMENT // SERIOUSLY FUNNY
BY
C
A
December 1 - 31
Deck the Halls
Oshkosh Public Museum
Admission is free for all children
under 18, and adults receive
special admission of $3.50 per
person.
This annual extravaganza
will feature the historic
Sawyer home decorated
as only the wealthy could
do. Holiday “dressings” as
reported in periodicals and
newspapers of the decades
from 1880 to 1919 are
recreated to delight and
perhaps provide inspiration.
www.oshkoshmuseum.org
Nutcracker in
the Castle: Self-
guided Tours
Paine Art Center and Gardens
11:00 am
Presented within the historic
mansion, the Paine’s original
production of the Nut-
cracker fairy tale immerses
audiences in the fantastic
scenes of the beloved
holiday story. From the
opening Party Scene with
a giant Christmas tree to
the magical Land of Sweets
and the enchanting Sugar
Plum Fairy, the tale unfolds
throughout elaborately
decorated rooms with a mes-
merizing array of sights and
sounds. Self-guided Tours
are offered Monday through
Saturday during the daytime
and do not require a reserva-
tion. No Self-guided tours
on Sundays; closed Nov 26
and Dec 25, open Jan 1.
www.thepaine.org
Celebration of
Lights
Menominee Park
5:00 pm – 9:00 pm Daily
The cost: $8.00 per vehicle
Bus Loads $1.00 per person
Quietly nestled along the
shores of Lake Winnebago,
in beautiful Menominee
Park in Oshkosh, lies a
single mile stretch that
transforms into illuminated
holiday wonder each year
since 2001. Oshkosh
Celebration of Lights is
no longer a local best-kept
secret.
December 4
TEENAGERS FROM
OUTER SPACE
Time Community Theater
Doors open Friday at 6:30 pm
with showtime at 7 pm
The Time Community
Theater is a volunteer-
based, non-profit theater
established to provide an
affordable venue for the
arts that contributes to the
revitalization of downtown
Oshkosh.
www.timecommunitythe-
ater.com
The Backlot
Comedy House
Improv Comedy
Show
9 pm
$10 | Ages 21+
Enjoy some Improv! How
our show works: give the
suggestions and our actors
create scenes and characters
based off those suggestions!
It’s fun! Plus there’s no drink
minimum!
Stand Up
Comedy Open
Mic
10:30 pm
FREE | Ages 21+
This is your opportunity
to test out some comedy
material on mic, on stage,
in front of a room of your
peers. Join us at the Backlot
and get your name on the
coveted list. Once on the
list, you can both max and/
or relax until your name is
likely mispronounced by the
host of the evening, then it
is your chance to drop five
minutes of original comedy.
Don’t do comedy – come
watch! It’s FREE! Hey,
there’s no drink minimum,
so why not?
www.thebacklotcomedy-
house.com
December 5
DIE HARD
Time Community Theater
Doors open Friday at 6:30 pm
with showtime at 7 pm
$3 at the door.
The Time Community
Theater is a volunteer-
based, non-profit theater
established to provide an
affordable venue for the
arts that contributes to the
revitalization of downtown
Oshkosh.
www.timecommunitythe-
ater.com
EAA’s Christmas
in the Air
EAA AirVenture Museum
11:00 am
Join us for a day full of
holiday cheer as you travel
throughout the EAA
AirVenture Museum winter
wonderland. Enjoy treats
and refreshments then
roam the museum to find
more than 20 local musical,
choral, and dance groups
performing on various
stages, including the fan
favorite Those Funny Little
People!
Amidst all the fun, don’t
miss the arrival of Santa
Claus as he flies in by heli-
copter at noon to visit with
all of the children! Have
your picture taken with
Santa, or take your own
family photos in staged areas
throughout the museum.
Family Discovery
Gallery
Paine Art Center and Gardens
11 am to 4 pm
$9 Adult, $5 Youth
Free for members
With over a dozen “hands
on” exhibits, the Family
Discovery Gallery encour-
ages children to look, touch,
and create in new and fun
ways. On Saturdays, the
Paine offers activities in
the space that explore art,
architecture and gardens.
Look at the Paine’s programs
calendar for descriptions of
upcoming activities.
www.thepaine.org
Race for the
Lights
Boys & Girls Club of Oshkosh
4:30 pm
Christine Ann Domestic
Abuse Services 13th
annual Race for the Light
is a fun-filled run / walk
through Oshkosh. Come
enjoy a beautiful race route
featuring festively decorated
homes, carolers and musi-
cians, as well as over one
million lights and displays
from the Celebration of
Lights in Menominee Park.
Oshkosh Gallery
Walk
Downtown
6:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Held the first Saturday of
each month in downtown
Oshkosh, the Gallery Walk
features dozens of local
art galleries and businesses
showcasing the talents of
local, regional and tour-
ing artists in a variety of
mediums.
Celebrating
Sinatra with
Bryan Anthony
and the UW
Oshkosh Jazz
Ensemble
Grand Opera House
Tickets:
$44/$40/$36/$32/$26/$20
Celebrating Sinatra’s
100th Birthday — a little
early! Bryan Anthony has
fronted the Nelson Riddle
Orchestra, the Tommy
Dorsey Orchestra and now
joins Oshkosh’s premier
jazz ensemble for a Sinatra
celebration! Whether you
call him a jazz singer with
pop sensibilities or a pop
vocalist steeped in jazz, he’s
staked his artistic identity
in the songs that emanated
from Broadway, Hollywood
and Tin Pan Alley in the
first half of the 20th century.
Bryan Anthony joins the
UW Oshkosh Jazz Ensem-
ble, under the direction of
Marty Robinson, one of the
area’s premier jazz ensembles
and a popular guest of The
Grand stage.
www.grandoperahouse.org
The Backlot
Comedy House
Improv Comedy
Show
9 pm
$10 | Ages 21+
Enjoy some Improv! How
our show works: give the
suggestions and our actors
create scenes and characters
based off those suggestions!
It’s fun! Plus there’s no drink
minimum!
Stand Up
Comedy Open
Mic
10:30 pm
FREE | Ages 21+
This is your opportunity
to test out some comedy
material on mic, on stage,
in front of a room of your
peers. Join us at the Backlot
and get your name on the
coveted list. Once on the
list, you can both max and/
or relax until your name is
likely mispronounced by the
host of the evening, then it
is your chance to drop five
minutes of original comedy.
Don’t do comedy – come
watch! It’s FREE! Hey,
there’s no drink minimum,
so why not?
www.thebacklotcomedy-
house.com
December 6
The Nativity
Collection
Algoma Blvd. United Methodist
Church
8:30 am - 12:00 pm
Be awed by the beauty and
diversity of a collection of
more than 1,000 nativity
sets at the Algoma Bou-
levard United Methodist
Church’s Nativity Collection
this Christmas. This is one
While the SCENE
does everything to
ensure the accuracy
of its Events calendar,
we also understand
that some dates and
times change. Please
call ahead to confirm
before traveling any
distance.
DECEMBER 2015
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CALENDARS // THE BIG EVENTS
of the largest permanently
displayed collections in the
entire world. The 1,000-
plus, sets were gathered
by one church member,
Mildred Turner, a retired
kindergarten teacher from
Omro.
Pet Memorial
Benefit
Oshkosh Humane Society
2-3:30 pm
Remembering our Pets:
A Memorial Event. This
will be a wonderful time
of sharing and connecting
with others, in remembering
our special pets that have
passed on. There will be a
photomontage, personalized
ornaments to hang on the
Christmas tree, drinks and
snacks provided. This event
is free and is open to all!
Please consider a tax deduct-
ible donation to the shelter
as Creature Comfort Clinic
LLC will match donations
up to a total of $1500.
RSVP: vet@creaturecom-
fortclinic.com or 920-385-
9810
December 8
EAA Skyscape
Theater Royale
presents: Air
Force (1943)
EAA AirVenture Museum
6:30 pm
Step back in time and
experience the golden age of
cinema at EAA’s Skyscape
Theater Royale, a free
series of classic aviation
film screenings at the EAA
AirVenture Museum in
Oshkosh, WI.
www.eaa.org
December 10
Celtic Tenors
Christmas
Grand Opera House
7:30 pm
Tickets:
$44/$40/$36/$32/$26/$20
The Celtic Tenors are the
most successful, classical
crossover artists ever to
have come out of Ireland to
provide you with a night to
remember. Whether playing
a neighborhood cathedral
or major concert halls in
international cities, such
as New York, Amsterdam
or Shanghai, you are sure
to enjoy a professional,
sparkling and most of all,
good-humored performance.
This group genuinely
loves what they do and
you experience it shining
through in each rendition of
beautiful Celtic songs like
the haunting “Danny Boy”
and exhilarating classics like
“Nessun Dorma”.
www.grandoperahouse.org
December 11
Time Cinema:
Free Fridays: ELF
Time Community Theater
Doors open Friday at 6:30 pm
with showtime at 7 pm
The Time Community
Theater is a volunteer-
based, non-profit theater
established to provide an
affordable venue for the
arts that contributes to the
revitalization of downtown
Oshkosh.
www.timecommunitythe-
ater.com
Wright Brothers
Memorial
Banquet
EAA AirVenture Museum
6:00 pm
Tickets for the banquet are $55
for EAA members and their
guests, $65 for nonmembers,
and include the reception, a
full-service dinner, and evening
program.
Erik Lindbergh, CEO of
Powering Imagination and
grandson of pioneering
aviator Charles Lindbergh,
will be the keynote speaker
at EAA’s annual Wright
Brothers Memorial Banquet.
www.eaa.org
The Backlot
Comedy House
Improv Comedy
Show
9 pm
$10 | Ages 21+
Enjoy some Improv! How
our show works: give the
suggestions and our actors
create scenes and characters
based off those suggestions!
It’s fun! Plus there’s no drink
minimum!
Stand Up
Comedy Open
Mic
10:30 pm
FREE | Ages 21+
This is your opportunity
to test out some comedy
material on mic, on stage,
in front of a room of your
peers. Join us at the Backlot
and get your name on the
coveted list. Once on the
list, you can both max and/
or relax until your name is
likely mispronounced by the
host of the evening, then it
is your chance to drop five
minutes of original comedy.
Don’t do comedy – come
watch! It’s FREE! Hey,
there’s no drink minimum,
so why not?
www.thebacklotcomedy-
house.com
Decmeber 12
GREMLINS
Time Community Theater
Doors open Friday at 6:30 pm
with showtime at 7 pm
$3 at the door
The Time Community
Theater is a volunteer-
based, non-profit theater
established to provide an
affordable venue for the
arts that contributes to the
revitalization of downtown
Oshkosh.
www.timecommunitythe-
ater.com
The Backlot
Comedy House
Improv Comedy
Show
9 pm
$10 | Ages 21+
Enjoy some Improv! How
our show works: give the
suggestions and our actors
create scenes and characters
based off those suggestions!
It’s fun! Plus there’s no drink
minimum!
Stand Up
Comedy Open
Mic
10:30 pm
FREE | Ages 21+
This is your opportunity
to test out some comedy
material on mic, on stage,
in front of a room of your
peers. Join us at the Backlot
and get your name on the
coveted list. Once on the
list, you can both max and/
or relax until your name is
likely mispronounced by the
host of the evening, then it
is your chance to drop five
minutes of original comedy.
Don’t do comedy – come
watch! It’s FREE! Hey,
there’s no drink minimum,
so why not?
www.thebacklotcomedy-
house.com
December 13
Christmas Carol
Sing at the
Grand
Grand Opera House
6:30 pm
This annual event – now in
its 30th year – features the
Oshkosh Area Community
Band and the madrigal sing-
ers from Oshkosh North,
West, and Lourdes High
Schools. The audience is
invited to join the madrigals
in singing their favorite
carols. A free will offering
will be taken to benefit the
Salvation Army in Oshkosh.
www.grandoperahouse.org
December 18
The Backlot
Comedy House
Improv Comedy
Show
9 pm
$10 | Ages 21+
Enjoy some Improv! How
our show works: give the
suggestions and our actors
create scenes and characters
based off those suggestions!
It’s fun! Plus there’s no drink
minimum!
Stand Up
Comedy Open
Mic
10:30 pm
FREE | Ages 21+
This is your opportunity
to test out some comedy
material on mic, on stage,
in front of a room of your
peers. Join us at the Backlot
and get your name on the
coveted list. Once on the
list, you can both max and/
or relax until your name is
likely mispronounced by the
host of the evening, then it
is your chance to drop five
minutes of original comedy.
Don’t do comedy – come
watch! It’s FREE! Hey,
there’s no drink minimum,
so why not?
www.thebacklotcomedy-
house.com
December 19
Hmong Oshkosh
New Year
Celebration
Sunnyview Expo Center
8:00 am
Free – day time admission,
$5.00/$7.00 at the door for
evening activities. Advance
tickets sell during daytime events
on site.
The Hmong Community of
Oshkosh will hold it’s 32nd
annual traditional New Year
Celebration on 12/19/15
at Sunnyview Expo Center.
Activities: Traditional ball
tossing, folk songs, music,
dance, other entertainment
and food.
The Backlot
Comedy House
Improv Comedy
Show
9 pm
$10 | Ages 21+
Enjoy some Improv! How
our show works: give the
suggestions and our actors
create scenes and characters
based off those suggestions!
It’s fun! Plus there’s no drink
minimum!
Stand Up
Comedy Open
Mic
10:30 pm
FREE | Ages 21+
This is your opportunity
to test out some comedy
material on mic, on stage,
in front of a room of your
peers. Join us at the Backlot
and get your name on the
coveted list. Once on the
list, you can both max and/
or relax until your name is
likely mispronounced by the
host of the evening, then it
is your chance to drop five
minutes of original comedy.
Don’t do comedy – come
watch! It’s FREE! Hey,
there’s no drink minimum,
so why not?
www.thebacklotcomedy-
house.com
December 26
Meet the Artist
Jambalaya Arts, Inc.
6:00 pm
Calling all art enthusiasts!
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every month, Jambalaya Arts
Inc. is giving you an oppor-
tunity to meet the artists
who are showing their work
during the month. This is
your chance to interact with
the artists who are featured
during the local Gallery
Walks (taking place the first
Saturday of every month).
Come down and get to
know your local artists, ask
them questions, learn about
their techniques, inspira-
tions and other projects!
www.facebook.com/jamba-
layaartsinc
The Backlot
Comedy House
Improv Comedy
Show
9 pm
$10 | Ages 21+
Enjoy some Improv! How
our show works: give the
suggestions and our actors
create scenes and characters
based off those suggestions!
It’s fun! Plus there’s no drink
minimum!
Stand Up Comedy
Open Mic
10:30 pm
FREE | Ages 21+
This is your opportunity
to test out some comedy
material on mic, on stage,
in front of a room of your
peers. Join us at the Backlot
and get your name on the
coveted list. Once on the
list, you can both max and/
or relax until your name is
likely mispronounced by the
host of the evening, then it
is your chance to drop five
minutes of original comedy.
Don’t do comedy – come
watch! It’s FREE! Hey,
there’s no drink minimum,
so why not?
www.thebacklotcomedy-
house.com
January 30
TOWARD
HARMONY WITH
NATURE
Oshkosh Convention Center
2 N Main, Oshkosh
In celebration of the 20th
Toward Harmony with
Nature Conference, Wild
Ones Fox Valley Area is
pleased to present Dr.
Darrell Morrison, one of
the country’s most distin-
guished native landscape
designers and educators.
Dr. Morrison landscape
designs include two of our
country’s most admired
landscape gardens; the Lady
Bird Johnson Wildflower
Center in Austin, TX and
the Native Plants Garden at
the UW Arboretum. His
keynote address “Rivers
and Drifts: Natural Process
in Designed Places” will
provide a wealth of informa-
tion and inspiration for
home gardeners.
The all-day natural landscap-
ing conference also includes
nine other speakers on the
whole spectrum of native
plants and natural landscap-
ing topics will be present, as
well as vendors and exhibi-
tors and a silent auction.
For more information, visit
http://www.towardharmony-
withnature.org.
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Mon-Fri 10-5•Sat 10-4
Christmas Eve &
New Year’s Eve
Open til Noon
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36. Featuring the Commemorative Air Force WWII Nose Art Collection
November 11, 2015-December 2016
30+ pieces of nose art from actual World War II combat aircraft. Featuring
the artistic expressions and stories of the young men and units that flew
these aircraft in combat during the war.
Parental Notice: This gallery contains historical images of aviation nose art that
parents may find unsuitable for younger children.
World’s Largest Nose Art Collection Comes to the EAA AirVenture Museum
EAA AirVenture Museum 3000 Poberezny Rd. Oshkosh, WI 54903 920.426.6108