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FINE ARTS
8 Foxy Finds
10 Rising Star Mill Art
Returns
FOOD & DRINK
6 Brewmaster
ENTERTAINMENT
12 Jimmy Gantner
22 The Spanish Inquisition
26 Postcards from
Milwaukee
30 Steel Bridge
34 River Roots
38 Fire & Ice
EVENT CALENDARS
40 The Big Events
Steve Lonsway
Jean Detjen
Michael Casper
Marianne Walker
George Halas
Blaine Schultz
Patrick Mares
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FOOD & DRINK // BREWMASTER
BY STEVE LONSWAY
From the thunderous beat of a drum
to the slide of the electric guitar that sends
chills down your spine. Or maybe it’s
flashing colors from the choreographed
stage lighting. Maybe the twang of a five
string banjo paired with the
magical bow of a fiddle, all
played under a star-lit sky
near a crackling campfire.
Possibly the powerful bass
filled thump of a tuba in a
sea of horns that captivates
the audible sensations in
your mind. Or maybe
it’s as simple as finding
yourself whistling
to your daughters’
favorite band…Five
Seconds of Summer,
a song you may not
even like that much.
The point is;
music captivates all
of us in one way or
another. It inspires
us, it passes our time,
it makes us wonder,
it makes us think, it
lightens our mood,
it gets us through
hard times, it helps
us celebrate great times.
All-in-all, music has been enjoyed from the
beginning of time and it seems as though
it has picked up speed as it rustles though
time. Many people make their living with
the sounds they create with their voices or
their instrumental abilities. Heck, several
of the Stone Arch Brew Team staff has been
at one time (or still is) in a band. This is
what stands behind Stone Arch Sessions.
Stone Arch Sessions is a concept, a
movement, that we created that brings
others into our living room to enjoy live
music. Okay it’s not literally our living
rooms, rather our Tap Room, but we want
you to feel as welcomed as if we invited
you to our homes to sit on our couch and
to listen to the music we enjoy. Of course
when you come to our house we’ll offer you
a beer, it’s what we do!
To explain further, our live music series
that we host every Tuesday night in the
Stone Arch Tap Room (or soon on the Beer
Garden) is called STONE ARCH SES-
SIONS. We focus on original music and
it is all about enjoying the music, the beer
and the surroundings. The motivation in
Sessions is for all to enjoy it as you would
with music.
Beer pairs with music just as it does
with food. Many websites and blogs have
evolved bringing this concept to the masses
years ago. National Public Radio has
done a series on the topic, Men’s Health
has run articles about it. The iconic rock
band Iron Maiden has teamed up with an
English brewery to bring us Trooper Ale.
Dogfish Head Brewery has done several
music inspired releases including Beer To
Drink Music To, an annual release timed
with Record Store Day. Well now it’s Stone
Arch’s turn…
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Sessions was brewed to compliment
leisure activities of all kinds. Whether it be
paddling downstream in your kayak, snow-
boarding the snowy slopes, camping in the
wild or hanging with some friends around a
campfire, enjoy Sessions as you would enjoy
your favorite music – early and often.
As you read this article, Stone Arch Ses-
sions, our newest release, is hitting the store
shelves and draft beer lines in North East
Wisconsin. It is an American Session Pale
Ale by style. It will be easily recognizable
with a large guitar proudly displayed on
the label. Session Ale simply means a little
lesser alcohol content to allow a few to be
enjoyed in a “session.”
This brew comes in at 4.7% alcohol by
volume and is pale gold in color. Great hop
complexity is evident from the multiple
additions of American hops throughout the
brewing process. Citra hops were used for
flavor and aroma, and contributes an enjoy-
able tropical fruitiness that is reminiscent of
mango, papaya and pineapple.
The International Bitterness Units come
in at 40 which balances beautifully with
the Marris Otter English malt base. A
bread-like sweetness with a great hop aura
all around.
Now let’s talk about Stone Arch Brew
House. Stone Arch Brew House is the
name for the beers that are made and sold
by Stone Cellar Brewpub in Appleton.
Why two names you ask? Well, to make
a long story short, there is a wine on the
market under the name Stone Cellar. The
Federal Government seems to think that a
beer and wine with similar names would
cause confusion in the marketplace. We
certainly don’t want that, so Stone Arch it
is.
Stone Cellar Brewpub got its start in
2004 when Father/Son team Tom and Steve
Lonsway purchased Adler Brau/Appleton
Brewing Company. We’re located in a
building that was built in 1858 as a brewery,
and our foundation is built with stones that
were harvested from the High Cliff region
many moons ago - hence Stone Cellar.
When it comes to brewpubs, we offer it
all; full menu, full liquor and wine menu,
pub, dining room, meeting/party rooms,
Tap Room and Beer Garden (when mother
nature allows).
We pride ourselves in starting the locally
sourced foods movement here in the Fox
Valley and offer the Valley’s first organic
salad bar for our lunches. Stop in and give
us a try if you have not had the opportunity
to do so yet, or revisit, we love it when old
friends come back.
FINAL WORD: Stone Arch Ses-
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FINE ARTS // FOXY FINDS
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Cheers to living
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FINE ARTS // RISING STAR MILL ART
BY MARIANNE WALKER
Are you looking for a get-away destina-
tion on Memorial Day weekend? Do you
love the pastoral countryside with rolling
hills, meandering rustic roads, little out-of-
the-way villages to explore? How about a
picnic lunch on the banks of a trout stream
where it’s shallow enough in some areas to
see the fish swimming past?
Interested in visiting a 148 year old
grist mill to see how it worked “back in the
day?” Do you like fine art and fine crafts
in all their various forms?
If your answer to these questions is
“yes,” then be sure to find the village of
Nelsonville on your map and plan your
route. It’s located on Co. Highway “Q”
two miles north of Amherst Junction, half-
way between Stevens Point and Waupaca
in Portage County. The village is home of
the historic 1868 Rising Star Mill on the
Tomorrow River.
Saturday, May 28 and Sunday, May 29
of the Memorial Day weekend, the Mill
will once again be filled with central Wis-
consin artisans showing their latest work
in clay, paint, wood, fine metals, garden
sculpture, fiber and photography.
It’s the RISING STAR MILL
ANNUAL ART SHOW AND SALE,
a two-day event sponsored by the “Mill
Committee,” to raise money for the
continued restoration and up-keep of the
historic building. The show committee,
comprised of professional and hobby art-
ists, hand-selects artists from the central
Wisconsin area to ensure quality work and
a venue for the artists living and working
in the area.
Many of the artists are long time par-
ticipants and have supported the Mill in a
variety of ways.
Marge Krogwold, master weaver, will
once again be making rag rugs on the old
c. 1850 hand-built wooden loom; the rugs
are available to purchase via a donation to
the Mill and are eagerly sought by folks as
a lasting memento of fond memories of the
area.
Bud Eagon, now in his 90s, will again
have his lathe to spin tops for children,
young and old and demonstrate wood
turning.
Other artists will be working on or
demonstrating their crafts in their booths,
and always enjoy talking with visitors and
answering questions.
New to the show this year is Karin Sieg,
a colored-pencil artist from Stevens Point.
Her work is soft and gentle and filled with
exquisite detail.
Sharon Rotz of Mosinee is a fiber artist,
a highly talented art-quilt maker, and
designer of rag dolls, each given their own
special name.
And Roxine Karbowski of Nekoosa
twists & turns sterling wire into beautiful
horse images, often including a semi-
precious stone to capture light and accent
the piece.
At time of press, the committee is
awaiting confirmation on a few more new
artists that will find this show as fun and
rewarding as so many of the “old timers.”
The Rising Star Mill is owned by the
Portage County Historical Society and the
svolunteer “Mill Committee” works from
February into October to protect, restore,
and keep up the property. Fund-raising
concerts, a Movie Night, and an Open
House corresponding to the Hidden
Studios Art Tour Along the Ice Age Tail
in October are scheduled throughout this
season. The Mill is also the scene of really
fabulous weddings & receptions, birthday
parties, and group meetings.
This year, Art
Stevenson & High
Water will be in
concert on Friday,
June 17 at 7 PM.
They always bring in a huge crowd of blue-
grass enthusiasts.
Returning from Duluth, Minnesota
are Bill and Kate Isles who will appear on
Friday, July 22 at 7 PM.
Friday, August 5 at 7:30 PM, is the free
movie night, and “Our Vines Have Tender
Grapes,” will be the featured film star-
ring Edward G. Robinson and Margaret
O’Brian. It’s a story of Norwegian immi-
grants who settled just a short distance east
of Nelsonville.
On Saturday, August 20 at 7 PM, the
David Story Trio will present a jazz night
at the Mill. The last concert of the season
will be Saturday, September 10 at 7 PM
with the ever popular Dekorra playing
their wide variety of musical numbers.
And finally, the annual Open House
at the Mill will run September 30 through
October 2. The popular “Barns of Portage
County,” exhibit will be spread throughout
the Mill. And as always, the Mill’s FEED
SACK refreshment room will be open for
beverages and snacks at all events.
The Rising Star Mill is a cherished
building in Central Wisconsin, one of
the last standing grist mills of its kind.
Please join the crowd to open the season
and come to the RISING STAR MILL
ANNUAL ART SHOW AND SALE,
May 28 from 10 AM to 5 PM and May
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ENTERTAINMENT // JIMMY GANTNER
BY MICHAEL CASPER
Jimmy Gantner grew up in Eden, Wisconsin, one of nine
kids that Elmer and Edna raised. Elmer worked for Mam-
moth Springs Canning Company.
“I grew up with a love of baseball,” Jim said “my dad and
mom would always play catch with us, throw us grounders.
And all of us in the neighborhood would play every day in
the summer. Go home for lunch, and then play the rest of the
afternoon, then supper, and back again into the night.”
Back then Eden had two Little League teams, the Yankees
and the White Sox.
“And Campbellsport had two teams, the Braves and
Giants,” Gantner said “and we played each other all the time.
We had complete uniforms like the big leaguers with button-
down jerseys, pants with a belt. Hank Pieper and Bert Braun
were our coaches.”
Jim was one of the youngest kids on the team.
“I couldn’t hit the ball very far,” he said “so I bunted a lot.
It was pretty intimidating with the pitchers who were three
and four years older than me.”
His abilities were recognized early on, and as a freshman at
Campbellsport High he made the varsity squad.
“I wanted to be the catcher, but one of our pitchers was
John Stoffel, and he threw pretty hard, I think like 90 miles an
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instead put me at shortstop. Stoffel was
eventually drafted by the Angels.”
Summers were spent playing in the
Rock River League.
“I played for Long Lake,” he said
“because Eden didn’t have a team at the
time, and I also played for Oakfield in the
Tri-County League, and Legion ball. I was
a catcher.”
By his junior year in high school
Gantner caught, and was also was called
upon to pitch.
“I could throw pretty hard,” he said “and
the coach said if you can throw hard, you’re
going to pitch, so I did the end of my junior
year, and the whole season as a senior. But
what I really wanted to do was catch.”
Some may remember that Gantner had
a tryout with the Brewers when he was a
senior in high school.
“The scout told me I wasn’t big enough
to be a catcher,” Gantner said “but he took
me down to Firemen’s Park here in Eden,
put me in the outfield and had me throw
to check out my arm strength, and told me
he’d be following me through college.”
Because John Stoffel had put a bug in
the ear of UW-Oshkosh’s baseball Coach
Tiedemann, he began recruiting Gantner.
Tiedemann told him he’d be competing for
a shortstop position.
“I told him I wanted to catch,”Gantner
said “but Coach said they already had an
all-conference catcher coming back, Pete
Koupal…and they wanted me to play
short. So it was me and another kid from
Chicago competing for the shortstop posi-
tion our freshman year. I beat him out.”
Gantner then played for the Titans for
two seasons before being drafted in the
12th round by Milwaukee.
“But before that I’d gotten calls from
scouts from both Pittsburgh and Cincin-
nati. They asked me if I’d sign, and I said,
‘Sure, I’ll sign.’ I was more of a National
League fan, growing up with the Braves,
and I just wanted to play. I figured I’d get
drafted by one or the other, but the Brewers
got there first.”
Emil Belich was the Brewer scout at the
time.
“He had also drafted Jerry Augustine,
and Willie Miller,” Gantner said “Belich
was big in Wisconsin. They drafted me as a
shortstop, and Belich said, ‘You throw like
a catcher.’ I said, ‘Yeah, that’s what I want
to be! (laugh) I’m a short-armer!’”
In 1974 Milwaukee made Gantner
an offer, he took it, and they sent him to
Single-A ball in Newark.
“It was A-ball, but actually ‘rookie-ball’
with a short season, June, July and August,”
Gantner said. “They’d only had 15 wins all
of the season before. So, we worked out a
few days and started playing. I didn’t even
start. They had a Dominican kid playing
short who must’ve been a higher draft
pick, so he was ahead of me until a game
in Niagara Falls. John Felske was my man-
ager, he was a catcher for Milwaukee before
that. Anyway, you always remember your
first game, and believe it or not, there was
a kid from Eden there watching the game!
Jimmy Smith who grew up just outside of
Eden, we knew one another, so he saw my
first game.”
It was against a team from Pittsburgh’s
farm system.
“They had a big left-hander on the
mound,” Gantner said. “I got three hits,
with a home run. From there on, I was in
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Gantner lived in the same house in
Newark that Robin Yount had lived in the
year prior. With Yount in the organization
playing shortstop, Gantner saw the writing
on the wall.
“I told Coach Felske with Robin being
as good as he was, there’s no future for me
at short. He understood, so the next year
they put me at third, which I didn’t want
to do. I wanted to play second base. Or
catch. But they kept me at third. I never
played second until the big league’s.”
Travel from town to town wasn’t exactly
first-class.
“The first year it wasn’t so bad, but
the second year, in Double-A…that was
terrible. I played for Thetford Mines in
Canada. All the miners were on strike, so
nobody came to the games, and the ball
field was in rough shape. Our clubhouse
was a construction site trailer (laugh), they
were nice enough to put a shower in for all
of us to use. And the bus rides between
cities were 10 to 12-hours drives. You get
done with a game at night, get on the bus,
and on to the next town. You appreciate
the big league’s when you get there.”
1976 Gantner got the call.
“Actually I had John Felske as coach
every year I was in the minors,” Gantner
said “when he moved up, I moved up, right
through Triple-A. Felske called me into
the office and said he had good news, that
I got called up. Don Money had gotten
hurt, and they needed a third baseman. I
had to drive from Pittsfield, Massachusetts
to Detroit in the big ol’ Pontiac I’d bought
from my father-in-law, and got a speeding
ticket along the way. I said to the officer,
‘Hey, I was right in line with four other
cars.’ He said, ‘Do you hunt?’ And I said
I did, and thought maybe he was a hunter,
and he’d let me go. Instead he said, ‘Well,
when a flock of ducks goes over, you can’t
shoot’em all can ya?’ And he gave me the
ticket (laugh).”
In Gantner’s first game he faced Mark
“The Bird” Fidrych.
“The stadium was sold out, and I went
two for four. Should’ve been three for four.
I hit one in the hole between third and
short, and beat it out, but the ump didn’t
see it that way. And you always remember
your first play. I was playing in because
they always kept the grass long in Detroit,
and Ron LeFlore laid down a bunt, and I
threw him out. That was the same night
Mike Hegan hit for the cycle, and we
killed’em.”
The first few years with the Brewers,
Gantner wanted to be traded.
“We had Don Money or Sal Bando at
third,” he said “Robin at short, Molitor at
second, and Cecil Cooper at first. Every
year I go see Harry Dalton, and ask to be
traded. I loved playing with Milwaukee,
but with all those great players ahead of
me…I wanted to play.”
During spring training in 1978 man-
ager George Bamberger said Gantner had
to prove he could play second base.
“All spring training I played third, short
and second,” Gantner said “that’s how I
made the team. I beat out Timmy John-
son, and Jamie Quirk. All three of us were
trying to become the utility player.”
Paul Molitor couldn’t play second in
1980.
“They put him in the outfield, and I
played second most of the year. In 1981 I
started from day one. We were in Cleveland,
opening day, maybe 79 or 80,000 in the
stands. Ted Simmons was our catcher, and
in spring training that year he said, ‘I have
one question…can you turn the double-
play?’ and I said ‘Yes.’ He just turned and
walked away. First day in Cleveland we’re
up by a run, Rollie Fingers, whom we had
gotten that winter to be our closer…he’s on
the mound, bases loaded, left hand hitting
Ron Hassey is up, grounds to Robin, threw
to me and I turned the double-play. Sim-
mons came up to me and said, ‘Yup, you
can turn the double-play (laugh).’”
Gantner has no idea how many double
plays he turned in the majors, but he always
credits the pitchers for them.
“You have to,” he said “they got the bat-
ters to hit ground balls. And Rollie Fingers
was one of the best at it, in fact he was the
best reliever I ever saw. Back then you’d
pitch maybe two innings, sometimes two
and a third. Guys now get 45 to 50 saves,
when Rollie pitched if you got 30 save, that
was huge because he pitched so many more
innings. Rollie would have had 50 every
year if you let him go just one inning. He
was special.”
And it was Fingers who hung the nick-
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“One night, I got a single and rounded
first, was gonna’ go for two and tripped,”
Gantner said. “I did about three rolls in
the dirt. Fingers was in the bullpen watch-
ing, and called into the dugout and said,
‘Tell Klinger to take his high heels off!’
(laugh) To this day Rollie calls me Klinger.”
Klinger isn’t his only nickname.
“When I was a kid, they call me
Elmer…like my dad. And then there’s
Gumby. Gorman Thomas gave me that
one,” Gantner said. “Remember Gumby
and Pokey, the rubber characters from
when we were kids? Gorman always said
because I was good around second base,
turning two…I could get into whatever
position, and was flexible enough to make
the throw to first. Actually, my first nick-
name was ‘the dog.’ Bob Uecker still calls
me that (laugh) because I told him I sleep
with one eye open.”
Gorman Thomas and Pete Vuckovich
were hunting buddies.
“Back then we had a close team,”
Gantner said. “After a game we’d hang out
in the club house, play cards or whatever.
Nobody had any place to go. Nobody was
in a hurry. We’d talk baseball and play
cards, then we’d get a couple cabs, go out to
eat together, have a few beverages and talk
‘the game.’”
Gantner still sees a lot of his old team-
mates.
“Molitor was just in town,” Gantner
said, “Bob McClure, he’s the pitching coach
for the Phillies. I see Vukovich and Teddy
Simmons during spring training. Robin
I see several times through the summer.
Gorman comes in on weekends, he has
Gorman’s Grill at the ballpark, and he’s
selling his own line of barbeque sauce now.”
Even though he lives back home, just
outside of Eden, as a part time coach for
the Brewers, Gantner maintains close ties.
“I’m down there every home game,” he
said “I hit ground balls, and help out with
the infielders. And we still do some clinics,
some one-day fantasy camps that Miller
sponsors, usually me and Jerry Augustine,
Gorman, and Davey Nelson.”
Among Gantner’s has a list of “firsts”
that he always remembers are his first base-
ball card, and his first home run.
“The home run was in Minnesota,” he
said “off Ron Schueler. Down the right
field line at the old Metropolitan Stadium.
I don’t remember if anybody was on base, I
just remember hitting it. Maybe somebody
was on, I think it might have been a two-
pointer, I was just kind of floating around
the bases (laugh).”
His first baseball card was shared with
three other players.
“My rookie card, there are four of us
on the card,” he said “I was on there with
Bump Wills, Mike Champion, and Juan
Bernhardt. It was pretty unbelievable, my
first one. As a kid you collect’em, and all
of a sudden you’re on one of ‘em. Sort of
surreal.”
We Brewer fans of a certain age will
always remember the 1982 season, and
because we remember, we will always has
a certain degree of disdain for the St. Louis
Cardinals.
“We had a great team,” Gantner said “all
around. We hit everything. Starting the
year, Buck Rogers was our manager, and he
was very controlling…he even admitted it
in later years. Very good baseball guy, Buck
Rogers, but he messed with the veterans like
Rollie, and Mike Caldwell…none of those
guys liked him. He tried to over-manage.
We got off to a slow start to the season. I
remember, we were in Seattle when he
called me in the office to tell me I wasn’t
going to play the next night. He said,
‘There’s a lefty pitching for Seattle, Cooper’s
struggling at the plate, you’re both left hand
batters but I can’t take you both out.’ I told
him that I felt great, that I didn’t want to sit,
but he took me out anyway. When we were
in Seattle we always walked ‘home’ after
the game, but on the way we’d stop into
this little bar for a hamburger and a couple
beverages, and Buck was in there with the
other coaches. Next morning I got up and
heard they fired him.”
That was the morning Harvey Kuenn
became the Brewer manager.
“The next night, I was in the lineup,
and Cecil was in the lineup,” Gantner said.
“Coop was scheduled not to play the day
before, when Buck was still there. Cecil
hit a three-run home run that night off
another left-handed pitcher.”
Kuenn had a different style of managing.
“We had a meeting that first day and
Harvey said, ‘I hate meetings, and this
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will be the only one we have.’ He told
us, ‘This is what I expect out of you guys,
I played the game, I know how hard it
is, so don’t worry about striking out and
making errors, just play hard and have fun.’
One night in Milwaukee, Gorman struck
out, came back to the dugout hanging his
head, and Harvey limped down to him,
you know he had that one wooden leg, he
always had that big chew in his mouth…
he stood in front of Gorman and said real
loud, ‘Gorman I don’t care if you strike out
ten out of twelve times, if you ever hang
your head again, I will take you out of the
line up.’ He said it to Gorman, but the
whole team got the message.”
Molitor led off the batting order, fol-
lowed by Yount and Cooper.
“I batted ninth,” Gantner said “which I
didn’t mind. The only time I’d hit lead off
was when Paulie didn’t play. I liked bat-
ting second because if Molitor was on base
you’d get a lot of fastballs. With Cooper
behind you, you’d get a lot of good pitches
to hit.”
The road to the World Series first went
through Baltimore. They lost the first three
of a four game series and had to win Sunday
in order to clinch a trip to the playoffs.
“That was Earl Weaver’s final season,”
Gantner said “when we got to the ballpark
for batting practice, the stands were already
full, it was incredible. They booed us while
we were taking infield (laugh).”
They won that fourth game, earning a
trip to the American League Champion-
ship series against the Angels.
“And before we knew it, we were down
two games to none,” Gantner said “and had
to win all three back home to get to the
World Series.”
Which they did.
“We should’ve won the series, we had
the better team, they just outplayed us. We
didn’t have Rollie Fingers because he was
hurt, and that made a big difference. In
the last game we were up 3-1, if we could’ve
brought Rollie in in the 7th inning, let him
pitch three innings, could’ve been the dif-
ference. We had Vuke, who won the Cy
Young that year, pitching with a torn up
shoulder, he was taking pain pills just to
get through the game, he was pitching on a
half arm, I don’t know how he did it.”
The Cardinals won the series.
“Getting to the World Series was one of
my greatest moments, and yet one of my
saddest,” Gantner said. “From high to low
real quick.”
The Brewers thought they’d be back the
next year.
“I believe that if we had a closer, if we
had Rollie in 78, 79, and 80,” Gantner said
“we’d have won all those years. We didn’t
have a stopper, an ace to go to like the
Yankees had Goose Gossage.”
Gantner hurt his arm in the 92 season.
Diving for a ball, he heard a pop. The result
was a labrum tear, and torn rotator cuff.
The rest of the year he couldn’t raise his arm
above his shoulder, and had to throw three-
quarter side arm. After surgery his intent
was come back and maybe be a utility player
in the National League. Tom Trebelhorn
managed the Cubs and wanted Gantner to
try out, and the year after Cleveland called
wanting to bring him into spring training,
but his arm wouldn’t let him.
Jim Gantner officially retired in 1994.
I couldn’t let an interview with Gumby
end without asking about the time he took
the mound for the Brewers.
“Oh! In Kansas City,” Gantner
laughed. “We were getting’ smoked. They
didn’t want to burn out the bullpen, so
they started putting position players in.
You knew things were out of hand when
they put Sal Bando in to pitch. I told
Bambie, ‘If Bando can pitch, I know I can
pitch.’ George said, ‘You’re pitching the
next inning.’ Jamie Quirk is catching, I’m
pitching, and Hal McRae was up. I had
a good change-up, believe it or not, and I
had two strikes on McRae. Quirk put the
fastball sign down, I thought, ‘Okay, this
will be my set-up pitch.’ I threw it up and
in, backed him up. I heard McRae say
to the ump, ‘He better know where he’s
throwing.’ And I said to him, ‘Hey, I know
where it’s going.’ (laugh) The next pitch
I threw a frickin’ waist high change. The
umpire called it a ball, I said ‘Come’on!’
He didn’t want to ring him up. So I threw
another change, he got jammed and hit
a three hopper back to me. McRae was
barely out of the box, and I just held the
ball thinking, ‘Try to show me up, will ya?’
So I waited until he was three quarters of
the way to first before I threw him out.
(laugh)”
These days, on any given day, you
might run into Jimmy Gantner at Scud’s
Buds, a tavern he co-owns in Eden. And
maybe he’ll tell you one of a myriad of his
baseball stories, or maybe he’ll take your
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BY GEORGE HALAS
Given that most loyal Inquisitors are
highly intelligent and well-educated in
addition to having great taste, it is a fair
assumption that you are familiar with
the Latin phrase, caveat emptor, “buyer
beware.” The Inquisition hopes that you
are also an accutus emptor, a “smart buyer.”
The Inquisition is painfully aware of
many instances where great musicians have
gone into the recording studio with great
expectations, only to emerge unsatisfied
and unhappy with the results.
“It’s not so much knowing how to get
a good sound but what a good sound is,”
said Dave Pensado recording-engineer-
producer-mixer.
“As an experienced engineer, who
works both sides of the microphone, I
should know what a good sound is and
know how to get it,” adds Tom Washatka.
Washatka is the owner of Oshkosh-
based Steel Moon Recording, as well as
an accomplished saxophonist, composer,
arranger, producer, and recording engineer.
”I do all these things because of an insa-
tiable curiosity and desire and also because
I love what I do,” he said.
He speaks from experience. He has
produced/recorded over 20 albums in the
last 20 years on Stellar Records, a record
label he started in 1994 with his wife,
vocalist Janet Planet. He has a WAMI for
engineering and owns an award-winning
music production company, Narrator
Tracks, producing music for video produc-
ers world-wide. Washatka has produced
more than 100 CDs and written 650-plus
tracks for the company.
His music can be heard on cable TV,
PBS, internet audiovisual and has been
used in documentaries and video produc-
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to Switzerland, and the United Kingdom
as well as throughout the United States.
Hollywood has used his music, most
notably in the motion picture “The Bucket
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Freeman. All of the above has been pro-
duced at Steel Moon Recording.
As musician, composer/producer and
recording engineer, Washatka has recorded
sessions in Nashville, Indianapolis,
Milwaukee, at Smart Studio in Madison
(when Butch Vig was producing Garbage)
as well as area studios. He also records for
Hal Leonard Publishing, one of the largest
music publishers in the country.
“I have worked with some great engi-
neers,” Washatka said. “There are some
wonderful engineers right here in this area.
I worked with engineer-producer-mixer
John Gibson for five years producing over
20 recordings and learned a ton just watch-
ing him work. Mark Lamar is another
engineer, producer-mixer whose work is
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with Grammy-nominated composer-
instrumentalist Chris Swansen compelled
me to pursue the technology, Chris helped
Robert Moog develop the original synthe-
sizer. His musical vision as a jazz composer
was financially and logistically unattainable
until his meeting with Moog, where he was
house composer.”
Washatka has “carried the torch” and
developed the tools to realize the stylistic
and compositional vision of not only his
own music but the music of any artist
with whom he works. He has been on
the ground level as a beta tester and devel-
oper of technology that allows him as a
composer and producer to realize the final
outcome of any given musical project.
Through his understanding of the
music and technology, he helps others to
realize their musical heights, from singer/
songwriter solo acts to young composers of
symphonic works.
“I worked with one of my Lawrence
University students, Andrew Cardiasme-
nos, realizing an orchestral score he had
written to a short film which led to his
acceptance into the New York Film Acad-
emy and The Los Angeles Film School,”
Washatka said. “And I’m currently working
with an amazing young singer/songwriter,
Madie VandenHeuvel, producing her
songs. She’s also been working with Janet
for the past three years and has just been
accepted into the Berklee School of Music.
You’ll be able to preview the before and
after on the studio website.”
Washatka’s goal as an engineer and
producer is simple.
“To serve the musician and the music.
That’s paramount. Am I realizing their
music the way they hear it?”
He provides sheet music as well.
“In the case of musicians building their
books,” he said “I can deliver lead sheets or
individual parts I’ve arranged for the entire
band so they have written music when they
need it.”
More than thirty years in the recording
biz has taught him plenty.
“I’m committed to impart that knowl-
edge to each client giving them musical and
production options as well as a studio envi-
ronment that is supportive while listening
with ‘musicians ears,’ so the artist gets
the best performance captured by quality
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He has presented software clinics at the
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“When I initially meet with musicians
wanting to record it’s very important that
they understand the process and know what
to expect,” he said. “And, just as impor-
tantly, that I understand what their needs
will be. These folks have invested their
time, resources and emotion in their music
and I owe it to them to give them what
they envision. On the production side, I’ve
learned if a mix doesn’t sound good to me
it’s because the mix isn’t done, and the years
of the ‘mix-terious’ process manifests in
the artistic projects that I embrace literally
on a daily basis. My advice to musicians
interested in recording is to ask questions
when they’re checking out a studio.”
According to Washatka the right ques-
tions should ensure that a recording studio
provides:
1) Separate headphone mixes for each
musician. It’s critical that each musician
can hear the way they need to when record-
ing.
2) Automation, which is a simple way
of recording changes in mix parameters.
This is arguably one of the most important
studio tools.
3) Remixes, i.e., the ability to return
to the studio for a remix in case you’re not
happy with the mix you’re given or want
some changes. He normally gives a client
two remixes.
4) Examples of recording projects done
at the studio to give an idea of the sound
of the studio and quality of the work. He
provides examples of his work in as many
different contexts as possible.
“My emphasis is on results. I’m not as
concerned as much with how I arrive at a
mix as how it sounds,” he said. “Are my
tracks, whether with a full band or soloist,
providing the energy and sound the way
the artist wants and the industry demands.
I’ve collected some amazing tools but most
importantly have learned how to use them.
I continue to be a student of the technol-
ogy. Every project teaches me something
new. Learning keeps me vital and keeps me
upping my game. It’s not so much about
‘hearing’ as it is about ‘listening.’ How to
listen and what to listen for. This may be
cliche, but the two most important tools I
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BY BLAINE SCHULTZ
In two years Milwaukee’s Space Raft
has released a pair of albums, a vinyl 45,
and opened for Bernie Sanders. Bands
release records to varying levels of success.
Fewer can say they were asked to open for
a candidate for President of the United
States.
So here we are in April and we may
already have a record of the year. Rubi-
con, the band’s sophomore hijinks (for the
already venerable Dusty Medical Records
label) finds the quartet digging in deep.
The music is what matters with these guys.
No skinny jeans or ironic haircuts, they
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minutes as play seriously good rock and
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To be fair, there is nothing new under
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esting guitar and keyboard parts with solos
that serve the song, and a bedrock rhythm
section – then they make the music their
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Guitarist Jordan Davis sings with a
proudly Midwestern, laconic, near-stoner
drawl. Songs
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“Disconnection
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with a primal
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m u s i c p a r t s ,
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A vaguely nar-
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going over the top. Yet none of this gets
beyond square one without the founda-
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Chicorel and bassist Jon Heibler.
Clarion keyboards of “Borrowed
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of vibrancy...“nowhere to run, nowhere to
hide, ain’t going back, ain’t going home,” as
if to declare, ‘if it is borrowed time, then...
what the hell?’ And if you’re looking to
cast the shadow of an influence, that tune
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BY PATRICK MARES
The Steel Bridge SongFest in Sturgeon Bay is the weekend of June 9, and
is a unique beast. Founder Pat MacDonald likens it to a modern Arcadia, a
week of community and songwriting that explodes in a weekend of original
music linked by the spirit of the bridge. If you think he’s just saying that,
explain why so many musicians, over 100 artists from as far away as L.A. and
Florida attend, go unpaid, just to show off their best. And it is their best,
as MacDonald explained that the musicians are asked to play solely original
material.
“People come here for the love of discovering new original artists and
music,” MacDonald said.
Steel Bridge SongFest, like the bridge, serves as an anchor between two
communities; bringing Sturgeon Bay and a national music community
together in a definitive summer event for everyone within driving distance
of Door County.
When Pat MacDonald set out to save the bridge that had opened and
was dedicated to veterans in 1931, he also managed to create something with
a purpose that surpassed preserving a town landmark.
“After the bridge had been added to the National Register of Historic
Places,” MacDonald said “the festival’s role in nurturing the area’s music
scene came to the fore. I knew the crowd was amazed that there were people
singing about our town and our bridge. Sturgeon Bay never had a musical
identity that focused on itself.”
While the bridge will always be deeply linked to the event, the current
festival is more concerned with spreading the love for the structure than
fighting to save it. What MacDonald calls the heart and soul of the festival
actually takes place in the week leading up to it.
The collaborative effort known as The Construction Zone began in 2006,
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when songwriters holed up and got down
to work in the city during the week prior
to the main performances, taking inspira-
tion from each other and the bridge. This is
where 2016’s slogan comes from, “Music so
fresh, it hasn’t even been written yet.”
Invited writers are given accommoda-
tions at the Holiday Music Motel.
“This year there will be about 50 writers
involved,” MacDonald’s partner and Purga-
tory Hill bandmate melaniejane said. “In
years past, we’ve had as many as 74, but it
was simply too large and chaotic to try to
host that many musicians for a week in the
small space of The Holiday.”
She first attended as an invited song-
writer in 2007. Today melaniejane man-
ages the Holiday Music Motel and donates
time with MacDonald.
“It’s a wonderfully supportive mentor-
ing atmosphere,” melaniejane said “where
the young writers can collaborate with
veteran songwriters.”
The Construction Zone is a series of
daily collaborations with the goal of con-
tributing to one recorded song every 24
hours.
17 year old Genevieve Heyward, last
year’s Wisconsin Area music Association
Rising Star will be attending her second
Construction Zone.
“They spin a laser-pointer bottle that
spins until you’re connected with two other
writers, and they become your songwrit-
ing partners for the night. There are three
recording studios and we write and record
sometimes until five in the morning. The
next night everyone goes into the Tambo-
rine Lounge and listens to the songs that
were produced from the night before. You
do the bottle spin again, and connect with
two other writers, and so on. It’s just writ-
ing and recording and meeting all these
great people.”
It’s that simple.
“A lot of it is driven by camaraderie,
and sleep deprivation,” MacDonald said.
“Everyone has an intense work ethic
too. Because it just never stops. During
that week there may be a party going on at
the bar with a few peripheral people, but
the songwriters, they’d rather do nothing
more than be in a the hotel and see how
many songs they can write in a week.
They’re nuts!”
Newcomer Marja Johnson said all the
writers are music nerds.
“It’s a big, happy family,” she said. “We
check our egos at the door and soak up
the goodness of seeing familiar faces and
getting to know new ones. I feel very grate-
ful, it’s a big honor to be asked to join the
‘zone.’“
Veteran James Hall has fronted Mary
My Hope and Pleasure Club and toured
with the likes of Rage Against The Machine
and Better Than Ezra. After taking part for
almost a decade, he thinks it is a real help,
especially for male writers.
“I think that girls tend to learn the
value of collaboration a lot earlier,” Hall
said “unfortunately a lot of guys through-
out their twenties take a ‘divide and con-
quer’ approach. As if to say, ‘I’m the strong
writer, I’m the brilliant one, I’m the one
with a pen.’”
Hall’s credentials also include writing
for Marilyn Manson.
“I think the song’s I’ve written over the
last nine years are far stronger than anything
I’ve ever written due to the collaborative
nature of this festival,” Hall said. “It’s made
me a better musician, parent, husband, and
songwriter than I ever thought possible.”
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Heyward remembers one collaboration
with San Francisco based singer and guitar-
ist Eric McFadden.
“One night, Eric and a bunch of other
people were sitting in the lobby with me,”
she said “waiting to get our songs recorded.
Eric and I were just jamming. He would
sing and others would echo. From that,
we ended up with a song called ‘The Jesus
Gonna See You Naked’. Tt sounds funny,
but it actually has a deeper meaning. When
a billionaire dies and sees Jesus, He’s not
going to see your money. You’re going to
be stripped down and Jesus is going to look
at you as a person. We ended up record-
ing it the last day of the festival at 4 in the
morning and was the last song we played at
the festival on the big stage.”
The Steel Bridge SongFest kicks off
with Door County Appreciation night on
Thursday, June 9 at 6 p.m.
All venues are free as additional artists
come into town to join those already rock-
ing out through The Construction Zone.
At 9 p.m. the nightly pub crawl begins with
free trolly transportation and cabs home
from 9 until 1 a.m.
Over 150 musical acts can be found in
venues throughout the town during pub
crawls Thursday through Saturday from
9 p.m. to 2 a.m. Performances continue
Friday and Saturday as The Construction
Zone crew will be playing the songs they
wrote at the Holiday Music Motel at the
Third Avenue Playhouse from 7 p.m. to
10 p.m and throughout Sturgeon Bay’s
historic district.
Saturday and Sunday the main stages
fire up with free shows outdoors from 1 to
6 p.m. at the Holiday Music Motel right
across from the Steel Bridge itself. If it rains,
they will be moved to the Door County
Fire Company where general admission
“Supporter” passes will be required.
Collaboration and focus on original
content makes the Steel Bridge SongFest
something you won’t see every day. As
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a one of a kind festival. I think there are
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BY GEORGE HALAS
Three of Wisconsin’s fastest-rising
bands and best live acts – all of whom got
their start in cities along the Fox River -
will be showcasing new original music in
a much-anticipated concert at The Meyer
Theater this month.
On Tuesday, May 24th, 91.1 The
Avenue and sponsor, Tundraland will pres-
ent River Roots 2016 at Green Bay’s Meyer
Theatre featuring Dead Horses, Kyle
Megna and The Monsoons and Peridot.
Doors open at 6 p.m. and the show starts
at 7.
“We have been working with the folks
from the Avenue for a couple of years now,
and I’ve always been a big fan,” said Dead
Horses’ guitarist and vocalist Sarah Vos.
“It’s an independent radio station, and
they are passionate about working with
the community. The Fox Valley means a
lot to me so it’s an honor to work with an
organization that also cares a lot about it.
It also worked out really well because we’re
releasing our new record in the Midwest
this spring and wanted to do a show in
Green Bay. We’re very excited to play at the
Meyer Theater again!”
It’s been an exciting year for the band.
“We’ve gone through a lot of changes
within this last year. We have continued to
embrace a heavy-touring life, and we have
begun to build a team around what we’re
trying to do collectively: play better shows,
make better records, and be kind to each
other and the folks we meet on the road,”
Vos said. “We have continued to challenge
ourselves musically and we have started
to incorporate drums/percussion into our
live sets. At the same time, as a trio, we are
tighter than ever and have played over a
hundred shows just in
this last year, continu-
ally challenging our-
selves and each other
to make the sound
full and high-energy.
We have also started
to think a lot about
the general message
we are conveying,
what are we saying? I
think that might be
the most important
part to me.”
Dead Horses will
be selling advance
copies of their
forthcoming album
“Cartoon Moon” at
the show.
“We are really
excited about our new album,” Vos said.
“We named it “Cartoon Moon” after the
name of the studio. We recorded in Nash-
ville with Ken Coomer (formerly of Wilco,
Uncle Tupelo) on reel-to-reel, which meant
a lot to me. I’m really pleased with how it
turned out in terms of sonic quality. The
songs mean a lot to me; some of them I
wrote a couple of years ago and others were
really personal to what I
was experiencing just in
the last year.”
The record is fun, but
it’s also serious.
“A lot of heavy ques-
tions are posed lyrically,” Vos said “I’m
happy to say the bluegrass/roots influence
is still there, but I think we’ve always
wanted to experiment with other things
too, and I think we were successful. Pete
(Raboin; double bass player Daniel Wolff
completes the trio) played some new
instruments on the album including man-
dolin, 12-string and electric guitar. There’s
also some piano and harmonium. At the
same time, I think we’ve stayed consistent
in the way we recorded it. It’s polished but
it’s also got a live feel. All the lead vocals
were recorded live.”
Kyle Menga and the Monsoons is
establishing a brand as “best seen live,”
to appreciate their “dark-indie-blues-folk-
rock feel.”
“We’re very excited to be sharing the
stage with Dead Horses and Peridot,”
Megna said. “We’ve got so much talent
here in the Fox Cities area, it blows my
mind. It makes sense these bands are play-
ing around the country. This show came
together in conjunction with an effort to
get 91.1 The Avenue to play some songs off
of ‘Dark Funk,’ our latest EP. Rob from
91.1 The Avenue and the Meyer asked us
to be a part of River Roots 2016. We’re
very humbled to have consistent air play
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It is one of the greatest collections of
talent ever assembled in the Fox Cities. It
includes two members of the Wisconsin
Area Music Industry (WAMI) Hall of
Fame.
On May 26th at The Grand Opera
House in Oshkosh, Fire & Ice will reunite
to celebrate Oshkosh music, radio station
WOCT and The Friends of Oshkosh
Music.
WAMI Hall of Famer pianist-composer
John Harmon and vocalist Janet Planet
will be joined by guitarist Tom Theabo,
saxophonist Tom Washatka, bassist Andy
Lincoln Sachen and drummer Tony Taylor.
“The reunion of Fire & Ice is set as a
way to celebrate 10 years of community
radio in Oshkosh and as a way to honor the
local musical talent that is part of our com-
munity,” said Joe Wiedenmeier, president
of Friends of Oshkosh Community Media,
a non-profit organization. “Oh, and by the
way, John Harmon turned 80 this year.
We, as a community, are fortunate to be
able to celebrate it all.”
The Friends of OCM, a registered
501C (4) managed by a nine-member
Board of Directors, supports Oshkosh
Media programming and facilities through
membership, underwriting and fundrais-
ing projects. The vision is to develop an
appreciation for Oshkosh Media that
reflects a sense of community with a mis-
sion to provide and underwrite quality
programming, to plan and implement fun-
draising activities, to develop a supportive
membership and raise awareness.
“In addition to music, we also provide
public service advertising for local events
and other non-profits,” Wiedenmeier said.
“We also simulcast city meetings, such as
City Council, Parks Commission, Zoning
Commission and others. Our purpose is to
provide a way for the community tell its
stories and promote the things the city has
to offer to us all.”
Listening to Harmon play planted the
seed for the reunion.
“Last summer, my wife, Mary, and I
were having dinner at Gardina’s and John
Harmon was playing piano,” Wiedenmeier
recalled. “We began to reminisce about
when we had first heard John. It was in
the ‘70’s at the little cocktail lounge at the
new Howard Johnson’s on 41 & 21. One
of our friends said we just had to hear this
piano player, one of the best he had ever
heard. That led to us talking about other
local musicians that had played with John.
I’ve been friends with Tom Theabo since
he and I attended Webster Stanley Middle
School in the 60s. It was through Tom
that we met Janet Planet, Tom Washatka,
and Tony Taylor over the years and in the
various musical groups they formed and
played in. We both thought, ‘wouldn’t it be
great to see all these people together again?’
Mary said that since I was now President of
the Friends it might be an opportunity to
do something like that.”

Wiedenmeier took that loose idea to
the Friends Board as a possible way to
promote and celebrate the rebranding of
the Oshkosh Media.
“At the board meeting I also pointed
o u t t h a t i n
addition to the
rebranding,” he
said “WOCT was
turning 10 years
old and that at
the launch of the
radio station, Tom
Theabo and Janet
Planet played. Things started to happen.
I contacted Theabo and he forwarded the
info to Janet. He liked the idea and Janet
thought it would be great, but would have
to talk with the other musicians. It so
happened that she saw John Harmon that
weekend and proposed the idea to him. He
also thought it would be great to do.”
“After Joe talked to me, I contacted
the rest of the band and everyone was very
receptive. It’s very exciting,” Theabo said.
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“Looking back, just being invited to join
the band was a milestone for me and I
know Janet feels the same way. I have the
highest respect for all of the musicians.”
In November talks with the Grand
began.
“We looked at possible dates after the
first of this year,” Wiedenmeier said. “Then
had to coordinate those with the musicians
to come up with one that would work for
all. No easy task. We had several fits and
starts, but finally May 26th was settled
upon.”
“We’re all excited and I think it’s going
to be a lotta fun,” Harmon said. “I’m very
pleased that someone would have the affec-
tion for the group to carry this through. It
was a really fun group. We played a lot of
very difficult music – Tom Washatka had
started writing a lot – played a lot of gigs
and had a lot of fans. We opened for Spyro
Gyra once, and found we were better than
they were.”
Ten years ago, the FCC offered a
number of Low Power (LP) FM licenses.
“The Friends Board was able to acquire
one of these for 101.9 FM,” Wiedenmeier
said. “The broadcast reach of the station
is pretty well limited to the city. The radio
call letters are WOCT, which at the time
stood for Oshkosh Community Television.
The Friends still holds the FCC License to
WOCT and we also have purchased the
automation and transmission equipment
for the station. The Oshkosh Media staff
maintains the day to day operation of the
station. The whole of the city broadcast
operation underwent a re-branding that
was unveiled at the State of the City
on March 20th. This brings us to one of
the reasons for the concert. WOCT has,
in the past two years, changed its format
from a daily block schedule of various
genres of music to a daily mix of music
that combines jazz, blues, modern country,
swing, contemporary, pop, local artists, etc.
We have moved the block programing to
the weekends highlighting vintage country,
big band, cocktail, polka and local artist
specific blocks. The schedule can be found
online.”
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March 1 - May 16
Be the Dinosaur
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March 1 - Ongoing
Rare WWII Nose Art Exhibit
EAA AirVenture Museum
The collection from the
Commemorative Air Force (CAF)
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Eagle Hangar, which honors the
people and aircraft of World War II.
The artifacts have been designated
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and published works throughout the
nation. It will be on display at EAA
throughout 2016.
March 1 - May 29
Walter Wick: Games, Gizmos, and
Toys in the Attic
Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum
A retrospective of the photographic
illustrator of the “I SPY” books
published by Scholastic Press, the
exhibition includes large-scale
photographs and Wick’s elaborate sets
and models depicting visual riddles,
puzzles, and optical illusions.
May 1
Celebrate spring and
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Point choirs
UWSP - Noel Fine Arts Center
7:30pm
Songs about spring and summer as
well as traditional and spiritual songs
will be presented by three choirs at the
University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point
in May. The Women’s Choir, Concert
Choir and Choral Union will present
their last concert of the academic
year at 7:30 p.m. Sunday, May 1, in
Michelsen Hall of the Noel Fine Arts
Center.
May 3
Lawrence University
presents the Civic Life
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Warch Campus Center, Lawrence
University,
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Created by award-winning
documentary filmmaker and 1972
Lawrence graduate Catherine Tatge,
the Civic Life Project features
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Wisconsin. The 2016 project’s films
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Generation on Change” and “Mental
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of documentaries about World War
II, the Korean War, and the Vietnam
War is a collection of the personal
stories of Wisconsin men and women
who fought in these wars, told in their
own words. The photographs by James
Gill give insight into the experiences
of these veterans. This exhibit and
the documentaries forcefully remind
us why these stories should never be
forgotten. Our thanks to Wisconsin
Public Television for the loan of the
exhibit. The “Wisconsin Ware Stories”
documentaries are on view as part of
the exhibit.
Foot of the Lake Poetry
Reading Series: Jon
Loomis
Thelma Sadoff Center for the Arts
51 Sheboygan Street
Readings begin at 7 pm and the doors
open at 6:30 pm.
Featuring Jon Loomis, author of
two books of poems: Vanitas Motel
(1998, winner of the 1997 FIELD
prize in poetry) and The Pleasure
Principle (2001), both published by
Oberlin College Press. Loomis is also
the author of two critically acclaimed
mystery novels, High Season (2007)
and Mating Season (2009), from
St. Martin’s Minotaur. High Season
was named a New York Times Book
Review Editor’s Choice, and was
selected as one of the Washington
Post Bookworld’s Best Books of 2007.
THELMA’s Foot of the Lake Reading
Series is regularly held the first
Tuesday of the month in Cafe 1906.
This free event includes a guest writer,
open mic and a cash bar. Readings
begin at 7 pm and the doors open at
6:30 pm.
May 4
Tour Of Fashion
2016-”Runway for a
Reason”
51 Sheboygan Street
5:30pm
$50/person
The Tour of Fashion is an Annual
Fundraiser by The Service League
of Fond du Lac. All of the proceeds
from this event benefit many local
community projects, schools and
various organizations. The 35 women
of The Service League of Fond du
Lac work hard to plan a night that
features great food, great fashions
with a Runway Fashion show, a silent
auction and lots of fun! We look
forward to seeing you there! As in the
past years, it’s anticipated this will be
a sell-out event. The Service League
encourages those who want to be a
part of this fantastic evening to reserve
their seats in advance. For reservation
information, contact Julie Lenz
at serviceleagueoffdl@gmail.com
May 5
Carrie Underwood
Resch Center
Tickets $76.00, $46.00
The Storyteller Tour – Stories in the
Round will be Underwood’s first
tour “in the round.” With the stage
in the middle of the arena floor,
the 360-degree setting will allow
fans on all sides of the arena to get
a very intimate and unique concert
experience. Carrie’s new album,
Storyteller, has been heralded by
Rolling Stone as “the most anticipated
country album of the year.” The album
was produced by Jay Joyce, Mark
Bright, and Zach Crowell with six
of its 13 songs co-written by Carrie,
including the record-breaking first
single, “Smoke Break.”
Salsa Manzana: A Cinco
de Mayo Celebration
51 Sheboygan Street
Performance 7:00 pm
(Bar opens at 6pm)
WAMI nominated Salsa Manzana
will lead this celebration with its
12-member band. A combination of
Lawrence University students and
alumni, music teachers, and veteran
local talent, their goal is to celebrate
and share a love of Salsa, Mambo, Cha
Cha, Latin Jazz, Brazilian, Caribbean,
and other related styles of music. No
admission for the music. Food is $5.
Catered by Casa del Tequila. Salsa
Manzana’s Instrumentation: Carlos
Mendez - Vocals Jose Encarnacion
- Director and Percussion Marisol
Encarnacion - Vocals and Dance
Instructor Noah Harmon - Piano
Andy Mertens - Bass Vicky Daniel -
Percussion Dan Reifsteck - Percussion
Mark Te Tai - Sax/Flute/Vocals Julio
Reyes - Sax/Vocals John Daniel -
Trumpet Matt Granatella - Trumpet
Tom Vande Avonde - Trombone
UW-FDL Music Dept.
Concert Performance
featuring Collegiate
Wind Ensemble
UW-Fond du Lac
400 University Drive
7:30 pm
The UW-Fond du Lac Music
Department will hold a concert
performance featuring the Collegiate
Wind Ensemble, directed by: Dr.
Brian Lydeen.
May 6
Schmeeckle Reserve
Candlelight Hike Festival
Schmeeckle Reserve
7-9:30 pm
Free (Suggested donation of $2/person or
$5/family)
Walk a half-mile or one-mile
torch-lit path through the spring
woods and along the lake. Arrive
and leave when you like! Campfire
Program: “Underwater Schmeeckle”
Presented at 7:30 p.m. and 8:30
p.m. at the campfire ring. What
lurks in the murky waters of Lake
Joanis, the Reflection Pond, or
Moses Creek? Dive below the surface
to explore the underwater world
of Schmeeckle Reserve and meet
a muskrat, macroinvertebrate and
other aquatic critters. Other events
all evening: Discovery Stations Crafts
and Snacks Gifts and Free Door
Prizes Admission is free (suggested
donation of $2/person or $5/family
will help to fund future programs).
For more information, please contact
Schmeeckle Reserve at 715-346-4992.
May 6-8, 12-14
Oshkosh Community
Players: You’re a Good
Man, Charlie Brown
Grand Opera House
Tickets: $24/$20/$15
Charlie Brown and the whole Peanuts
gang come to life in this upbeat
musical for young-at-heart adults and
thoughtful children. Sit back and
enjoy a day in the life of America’s
favorite 7-year-old philosophers.
May 6-8
Power of Dance
Meyer Theatre
6:00 PM
$11.00 and $9.50
May 6-9
Horicon Marsh Bird
Festival
Horicon Marsh Education & Visitor
Center
N7725 Highway 28 Horicon
Depending on activity
Grab your binoculars, bring a fellow
bird watcher and experience the sights,
sounds and natural beauty of birds
in peak spring migration to Horicon
Marsh. Come to the largest fresh
water cattail marsh in the United
States where the Horicon Marsh
Bird Club will host the 19th annual
Bird Festival, from Friday, May 6 to
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.
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Monday, May 9.
From the backyard birder to the
world traveler, four days of adventure
awaits you by boat, bus and bicycle
at Horicon Marsh. Don’t forget to
bring the kids! There will be plenty to
keep them busy too. This is a family
friendly event.
For the early morning birder, First
Light Birding offers a glimpse of
the birds at sunrise or there is the
Screeches, Squawks, and Squeals of
the Marsh at sunset. Throughout
the Festival, the Horicon National
Wildlife Refuge Visitor Center,
Marsh Haven Nature Center and
Horicon Marsh Education and Visitor
Center will be a buzz with interactive
displays, programs, and opportunities
for viewing birds at their observation
areas.
For a complete list of events visit www.
horiconmarshbirdclub.com and click
on the Bird Festival link. You will also
find event descriptions, locations,
fees and registration information
there. For other questions or more
information you may also contact
Wildlife Educator Liz Herzmann at
920-387-7893. Many tours require
advance registration and fees. Some
of the events fill up quickly so those
that plan to attend are encouraged to
register early.
May 7
Rosanne Cash with the
Fox Valley Symphony
Orchestra
Fox Cities Performing Arts Center
7:30 pm
Tickets start at $39
Legendary singer and songwriter,
Rosanne Cash presents her newest
work and concert favorites to the
Fox Cities in a stunning orchestral
performance with the Fox Valley
Symphony Orchestra. Rosanne
along with her longtime collaborator
John Leventhal and members of her
all-star band will perform songs from
her acclaimed album, The River and
the Thread, which garnered three
Grammy awards this year including
Best Americana Album and Newsweek
hailed as “the work of a lifetime.”
She will also perform well-known
selections from her vast repertoire
spanning 15 albums including Seven
Year Ache, King’s Record Shop and more
recently Black Cadillac and The List
setting the stage for a special evening
you won’t want to miss.
Butterfly Inspired Exhibit
Opening Reception
The Trout Museum of Art
Opening ceremony for the Butterfly
Inspired Exhibit and the 5th floor
Student Artist Gallery. Visitors are
invited to participate in a make-and-
take art project during the reception!
The exhibit features over 100 pieces of
butterfly artwork created by our area’s
youngest artists. Local elementary
school students from Columbus
Elementary School, St. Francis Xavier
Elementary School - Marquette
Campus, Edison Elementary School
andAppleton Bilingual School created
butterfly artwork to display to help
raise awareness for the Butterfly
Festival on June 18, a fundraiser
through Family Services to support
Parent Connection. Half of the pieces
will be featured in our Student Artist
Gallery and half will be on display at
the Appleton Public Library.
Oshkosh Bird Fest
Menominee Park
6:00 AM
Live birds of prey presentations; The
“Big Sit“, a tailgate party for birders;
Bird Walks with knowledgeable
birders; Bird Banding; Children’s
Activities; Informative Exhibits;
Native Plant Sale; Concessions.
You’ll find us at
Shelter #1 in Menominee Park from
6am-2pm. Rain or Shine. Great for
the whole family. Then join us in
the evening at Downtown Oshkosh
Gallery Walk from 6pm-9pm at the
Masonic Center for a Student Bird Art
Exhibit, live birds of prey, informative
exhibits, plus photography and art
displays throughout downtown
Oshkosh.
Kids’Fest Kick Off
Carnival
Menominee Park Zoo
11:00 AM
Kick-off the season on Saturday,
May 7th with a FREE event at the
Children’s Amusements Center in
Menominee Park!
Come to ride the train & other
amusement rides, play children’s
games, free balloons & face painting!
For more information or how you
can become involved with “Kids’Fest
Kick-off” Carnival, contact Jenny
McCollian at 920-236-5089.
Camp Forest May Fest
Forest Junction
9:00 am-3:00 pm
Free games, face painting, May basket
and petting zoo for the kids. Craft and
bake sale along with a brat fry and
booyah.
Portage County Cultural
Festival
Stevens Point Area Senior High
10:00 am-5:00 pm
Celebrate the cultural diversity of
Portage County with delicious ethnic
food, arts and crafts, and upbeat
music and entertainment from many
cultures. No admission, free parking.
Emphasis on children’s hands-on
activities.
Elvis, Patsy Cline and
Friends
Kristin’s Riverwalk
Buffet 5pm, Show: 6:30-9:30pm
$18 Advance, $20 at the door Call for
tickets - limited seating
A Las Vegas Style tribute Classic
Country, 50’s, 60’s, 70’s, Rock and roll
Elvis, Today’s Radio Music Limited
seating, get tickets early
UWSP Centertainment
Productions Presents:
Comedian Chris James
UWSP Dreyfus University Center
8:00 pm
General Admission: $5
Laugh along with Comedian Chris
James in the Dreyfus University
Center Encore on the UW-Stevens
Reminiscence Antiques
Crescent Moon
Architectural Salvage
since 1987
Antiques & Salvage
537 N. Main St. Oshkosh
(920) 232-MOON (6666)
www.crescentmoonantiquesandsalvage.com

19th Annual Appleton
Featuring quality antique dealers of furniture, home & garden decor,
glassware & china, quilts & linens, toys & sports, country primitives,
paper & textiles, advertising & signage, jewelry & collectibles.
The world’s first home lighted with
hydro-electricity using a Thomas Edison system.
History, culture & innovation are “illuminated”
for visitors in a beautiful 1880’s Victorian mansion
built by an early Wisconsin entrepreneur.
Visit: HearthstoneMuseum.org
or call 920.730.8204
for more information about the antique show,
tour hours, exhibits & special events.
Proceeds benefit
$1 off
admission
with this coupon
(Limit 2)
AntiqueShow&SaleSaturday, April 16
10am - 5pm
Sunday, April 17
11am - 4pm
• On-site Concessions
• Door Prizes
• Hearthstone Exhibit with Costumed Characters
• Admission: $6, good both days
• Children under 16 FREE. Strollers welcome
Tri-County Ice Arena
700 East Shady Lane, Neenah, WI
Directions to Antique Show & Sale:
Along Hwy 41: 100 miles north of
Milwaukee; 30 miles south of Green Bay.
Hwy 41 to Prospect Ave (BB) Exit.
Head west on BB 1/4 mile. Turn left on
American Drive; 11/2 miles on American
Drive to East Shady Lane.
Turn right on to East Shady Lane.
Tri-County Ice Arena will be on the right.E. Shady Lane
Tri-County
Ice Arena
AmericanDr.
Hwy41
Prospect Ave. (BB)
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Saturday to Sunday: Dining open at 4:00 PM, Bar open at 3:00 PM
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