Marketplace - June 5, 2009
Cop a crazy cupcake
This Sunday, the Cream City Collectives hosts a Crazy Cupcake Competition featuring creative, local cupcake lovers showing off their outlandishly delicious and decadent pastries.
Tags: cupcakes, crazy cupcake competition, cream city collectives, tool shed, riverwest co-op, beans & barley

Arts & Entertainment - May 24, 2009
Gay punk rocker writes memoir
In the early '90's, Jon Ginoli started the first openly gay rock / punk band called Pansy Division. Ginoli writes about this experience in his new memoir, "Deflowered: My Life in Pansy Division." He will read from his autobiography -- and play acoustic Pansy Division songs -- at Tool Shed on Tuesday, May 26 at 7 p.m.
Tags: pansy division, jon ginoli, tool shed, lgbt, punk rock

Living - March 13, 2009
Unhealthy STD rates plague Milwaukee
Recent studies pegged Milwaukee as having one of the highest rates of specific STD incidences in the country. High rates of Chlamydia, gonorrhea and syphilis are alerting public health officials to a need for increased preventative education.
Tags: tool shed, gonorrhea, chlymydia, syphilis, cream city medical, geof swain, national association of county and city health officials

Living - Nov. 6, 2008
OnMilwaukee.com Recommends: Nov. 6, 2008
We've got a song in our heart this week in the editorial office. It's a bunch of songs, actually. We're recommending solid music by Ryan Adams and the Cardinals (pictured), Adele and Dennis Brown, along with a tasty pie, an incredible burger and, well, let's just say that no recommendation would be complete without a novelty condom.
Tags: ryan adams, cardinology, kilawat, big boy burger, tool shed, denis brown, the niney years, adele, elegant farmer, apple pie in a bag

Marketplace - Oct. 28, 2008
The Tool Shed to relocate
Four years ago, Milwaukee welcomed its first woman-owned erotic boutique, The Tool Shed, to the Riverwest neighborhood. Today, new owner Laura Anne Stuart announced she is moving the business to the East Side.
Tags: tool shed, erotic boutique, sex shop, adult toy store