Bars & Clubs - March 17, 2008
The Monkey Bar grows up at new, bigger location
Almost exactly six years ago, we introduced you to The Monkey Bar. Since then, "the monkey" has done a lot of growing up, culminating in a new look and feel in a new location that reopened officially last week.
Tags: monkey bar, diane dowland, tim beuth, monkey, the invaders

Milwaukee Buzz - July 18, 2006
Please tell me what's happened to local TV news
WTMJ Channel 4 is reporting on its Web site that there's a monkey on the loose in Pewaukee. It doesn't get any more live, local or late-breaking, folks.
Tags: monkey

Milwaukee Buzz - Jan. 11, 2006
It's always monkey business for Jefferson County pet owner
Linda Wicklund's pet monkey Mindy is a part of the family. Wicklund takes her everywhere she goes, without exception. She brings Mindy to work -- Wicklund and her husband, Terry, own Western Towing in Jefferson County -- and even to the grocery store, sometimes hiding the monkey under her shirt.
Tags: monkey, wicklund, jefferson county, primate, Java Macaque, pet

Arts & Entertainment - Dec. 9, 2002
Sock Monkey Show is good medicine
Riverwest's Flying Fish Gallery is currently featuring The Sock Monkey Show. Consequently, the small, sunny storefront is stocked with 170 sock monkeys made by 104 different crafts people, ranging from a great-grandmother to a Hollywood set designer.
Tags: happy thought, monkey, bridging the gap

Dining - Oct. 29, 2002
Palms Bistro an upscale monkey dining experience
Milwaukee's finally caught on to the notion that monkeys are cool, and the addition of Palms Bistro/Bar in the Third Ward reinforces that. For a restaurant that's only been open for a few weeks, they've done a lot right in this upscale, primate-filled establishment.
Tags: palms, monkey, bistro