Why people hate poetry
Published April 18, 2013
April is National Poetry Month, so there's no better time to reflect on why it is so many people dislike reading poems.
Published April 18, 2013
April is National Poetry Month, so there's no better time to reflect on why it is so many people dislike reading poems.
Published Feb. 5, 2013
Ed Makowski has worked at Foundation, Riverwest's punk rock skater hangout turned breathtaking tiki bar, for eight years. Makowski is also a poet who published two collections of poetry and served as The Pfister Narrator from November 2011 to April 2012.
Published April 26, 2012
The Pfister Hotel has chosen poet and novelist Dasha Kelly to be the newest Pfister Narrator, the hotel's in-house storyteller and blogger.
Published Oct. 26, 2011
The Pfister Hotel and a local review panel have chosen author Ed Makowski to be the newest Pfister Narrator, the hotel's in-house storyteller and blogger.
Published Nov. 20, 2010
In Milwaukee, almost any bartender will mix up a drink sans booze, also called a "mocktail" or "kiddie cocktail." But for a fancy non-alcoholic drink, Bryant's, 1579 S. 9th St., seems to be the place. Then again, Foundation will concoct a tasty virgin tiki, too.
In Two Rivers, you'll see the HAMILTON MFG smokestack towering over several old industrial buildings, one of which houses the Hamilton Wood Type Museum. At opening in 1999 the museum housed over 1.5 million pieces of wood cut letterpress type. These pieces were all handmade from maple wood by ...