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  A Bronze Fonz? A Revealing Tussle over Public Art in Milwaukee

  Dave Steele | Wed, Mar 26th, 2008 | Category: Report | City: Milwaukee | Tags: dave steele, milwaukee, downtown, chicago, tourism, art, 1970s, public art, beer, picasso, fonzie, tv characters | 8

  An uproar over a statue of the 1970s TV icon says more about its city than any piece of public art could. 

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  Beer and the Mythos of Place

  Simmons Buntin | Mon, Dec 17th, 2007 | Category: Commentary | Tags: simmons buntin, civano, beer, local brewery, tuscon, alan eames, cerro baul, barrio brewing company, mythos of place | 0

  When my family moved from Denver to Tucson almost eight years ago, it became apparent that something significant was missing: locally brewed beer. While there were dozens of brewpubs and microbreweries in the Denver metropolitan area, there were only a handful in Tucson. Until recently, with the addition of Barrio Brewing Company in an industrial area near downtown, my fair Sonoran city’s craft-brewing residence had dwindled to a mere three. I would have guessed otherwise—that given the…

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