Arts & Entertainment - Jan. 15, 2008
Firer knows "Milwaukee Does Strange Things To People"
Life-long Milwaukeean Susan Firer's new book features poems about Closet Classics, Paul Finger's Boat House, Estabrook Park and the late Dick Bacon.
Tags: Susan Firer, "Milwaukee Does Strange Things To people, " the Boat House, Paul Finger, Dick Bacon, Eastabrook Park, Closet Classics, professor, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, poetry

Milwaukee Buzz - Oct. 9, 2002
Interview with a Milwaukee nude model
Pegi Taylor is a freelance writer, performance artist and a nude --or "art" -- model. Not a pin-up girl or the star of a series of adult videos, rather a self-described "Plain Jane" who, every week, walks into a classroom filled with artists, removes her clothing and poses for three hours while students sketch her hair, muscles, limbs and, well, everything else.
Tags: pegi taylor, MIAD, jayme dawicki, modeling, dick bacon

Milwaukee Buzz - Aug. 21, 2000
We'll miss Dick Bacon in the sun
Bacon, who died in his South Side home on Friday, was well-known to anyone who ventured down to the lakefront. Spring, summer, fall or winter, Bacon could be found sitting amongst his reflectors, catching some rays and, well, bakin' in the sun.
Tags: Dick Bacon