How Milwaukee Does It
Shepherd Express |
February 13, 2009
Shepherd Express
During a time when most of the country’s prominent alternative weekly newspapers have been consolidated and streamlined by corporations, the Shepherd Express has beat the odds, remaining locally owned. The paper has emerged from its unlikely beginning as a satirical...
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- Market Served: Metropolitan Area
- Address: 207 E. Buffalo Street, Suite 410, Milwaukee, WI 53202
- Phone: (414) 276-2222
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Farm Aid’s Changing Crusadenew
The benefit concert celebrates its 25th anniversary in Milwaukee.
Shepherd Express |
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I’m reluctant to admit it, but I don’t listen to much independent or alternative hip-hop these days, or at least not nearly as much as I did in college, when Rhymesayers, Def Jux and Stones Throw records were as much a part of my diet as ramen noodles and macaroni and cheese.
Shepherd Express |
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Hayward Williams' Songs From a Long Winternew
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Shepherd Express |
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Tags: Cotton Bell, Hayward Williams
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Shepherd Express |
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Custard’s Last Stands: Milwaukee and Frozen Dairy Treatsnew
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Shepherd Express |
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What's the Count? Anything and Everythingnew
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Shepherd Express |
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Baseball '09: Bright Forecast for the Brewers?new
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Shepherd Express |
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Tags: Milwaukee Brewers, baseball
Leaving the Fast Lane: The Slow Food Phenomenonnew
Central to Slow Food USA is the promotion of good, clean, fair food for everybody, whether you’re in a hut or kitchen or around a campfire. The goal is quite simple: to build community and celebrate cultural diversity through the enjoyment of delicious food prepared from healthy plants and animals.
Shepherd Express |
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Tags: Slow Food Movement
