Bars & Clubs - Feb. 3, 2008
Great places to get a drink ... that aren't bars
We think of bars as the places to do our drinking, but you can imbibe responsibly away from the smoke and the noise and the smell of day-old beer, too. Here are a few suggestions.
Tags: Metro Market, Whole Foods, Turner Hall, Tall Boys Pabst, Riverside, zoo, Fred Boutique, Groom, Chuck E. Cheese's, Ipic, Rosebud

Arts & Entertainment - Dec. 18, 2007
Widen brings old Milwaukee entertainment to life
Larry Widen, who runs The Times Cinema and the Rosebud Cinema Drafthouse and co-authored "Milwaukee Movie Palaces" (reprinted last year as "Silver Screens"), has published "Entertainment in Early Milwaukee."
Tags: Widen, Times Cinema, Rosebud, Vintage Milwaukee Postcards, Silver Screens, Arcadia, Entertainment in Early Milwaukee, Hintz, Images of America, Silver Screens

Movies - Jan. 5, 2007
Widen weds his love of cinema to Times
It was recently announced that writer, Milwaukee cinema historian and history buff Larry Widen is buying the Times Cinema on Vliet Street, maintaining former owner Eric Levin as general manager. We caught up with Widen to ask him about his plans and the realization of a dream.
Tags: Widen, Times, Levin, Rosebud

Marketplace - Nov. 17, 2004
Drews Variety Store is still a mart with heart
Back in the day, if you needed a strange combination of things your best option was to visit a "variety store." And there were lots of them: Ben Franklin, Woolworth and Drews. Despite the boom of box stores, Drews is still going strong today.
Tags: Brady Street Pharmacy, Oriental Pharmacy, Rosebud, Drews, Voss Books, Wauwatosa, Winkie's, Ben Franklin, Woolworth

Sports - Sept. 29, 2002
Local theaters put Packers on the silver screen
The Fox Bay and Rosebud theaters broadcast each week's Green Bay game on the big screen and serve a range of food and beverage to satisfy fans. It's not Lambeau, but it's close.
Tags: Packers, theatres, Rosebud, Fox Bay