Madison’s classical summer Warm weather doesn’t mean Madison musicians put away their instruments. page 27 June 2, 2016 | Vol. 7 No. 15 We are water page 6 PHOTO: COURTESY VISIT MILWAUKEE Kayaks on the Milwaukee River. Milwaukee Water Commons wants to see every Milwaukeean have meaningful water experiences. PRIDE 2016 Special PRIDE Insert! Interviews with PrideFest headliners PrideFest schedule and map Profiles of Wisconsin’s LGBT community and allies LGBT history — in the past and in the making | June 2, 2016 2 WISCONSINGAZETTE.COM WISCONSINGAZETTE.COM | June 2, 2016 3 | June 2, 2016 4 WISCONSINGAZETTE.COM News with a twist WiGWAG By Lisa Neff and Louis Weisberg ficking and had unani- nity for “vacationers” to occupy directors and co-founded PayPal. dents can get a refund on the mous support in both Vincent Van Gogh’s bedroom, Why back Hulk Hogan? Forbes books or stickers to cover up the chambers. But it didn’t begging the question: What’s the said they have a “shared enemy.” quotes. pass without controversy. most unique spot for temporary Republican Rep. Kenny Harvard lodging in Milwaukee? TEXAS TEACHIN’ NOT FAR FROM THE TREE suggested an amendment — to Officials in Texas’ North East Matt Walker, son of Gov. Scott set the legal requirements for FOOL ME ONCE … Independent School District won’t Walker, has taken a job work- strippers at 21–28 years old and A huge tiger shark named hand down any punishment after ing for North Carolina Gov. Pat less than 160 pounds. Chessie hasn’t learned her lesson the circulation of a video showing McCrory, who’s at the center of a about taking the bait. South Caro- high school students using a cat’s national firestorm over the anti- PIGEONS ON THE PILL lina local news outlets reported intestines as a jump rope during LGBT measure he signed. The law Business owners in La Crosse the 1,400-pound shark tagged a an anatomy lesson. The district has cost the state tens of mil- DON’T LET IT GO are putting pigeons on the pill. year ago was caught again in late said the teacher used the les- lions already in canceled business Frozen fans since the film Feeding stations atop downtown May off Hilton Head Island by the son to illustrate the durability and expansions, concerts and conven- debuted have been nudging Dis- buildings include contraceptive same fisherman. Chessie has trav- length of intestines. tions. Matt Walker graduated in ney to deliver a sequel in which feed aimed at lowering reproduc- eled 2,000 miles in the past year May from Marquette University, Queen Elsa finds true love — with tion in the birds, who leave drop- and also gained some weight. The BAD QUOTES which also would have been his a girlfriend. And Idina Menzel, pings on sidewalks, awnings and shark weighed 1,200 pounds last A Pennsylvania school district dad’s alma mater if he hadn’t the voice of Elsa, recently told park benches. 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School district officials NAACP wants a school superin- Frozen director Chris Buck told TOTALLY AIRY B&B HOGAN’S PAY PAL told the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, tendent and three school board MTV last year that there are plans The rental company Home- Forbes magazine and The New “Though the content of the members to resign after a high to deal with issues of the day in Away will transform the first- York Times reported that billion- quotes was reviewed thoroughly, school valedictorian was blocked the sequel. floor of the Eiffel Tower into liv- aire tech investor Peter Thiel is the attributions clearly were not.” from participating in graduation ing space for four people to use the financier behind Hulk Hogan’s The Hitler quote is, “Words build for refusing to shave his beard. IS HE FOR REAL? as a vacation home in June. 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Milwaukee is a great water town.” In mid-May, Milwaukee Water Com- mons, a project of the Milwaukee Environ- mental Consortium, brought several hun- dred people together at the Best Place at the Historic Pabst Brewery for the Conflu- PHOTO: COURTESY VISIT MILWAUKEE ence Gathering. The event was the culmina- A 2015 PrideFest visitor enjoys the fountain at Henry Maier Festival Park. A goal of tion of a two-year process involving 1,300 the Milwaukee Water Commons is to encourage people to celebrate water in arts and people and more than 30 groups interested culture. in shaping a vision to make Milwaukee a model water city. future.” The nonprofit abides by these prin- and works with local artists. “It was a very robust conversation,” ciples: Water is an essential element for all The Confluence Gathering provided the said Milwaukee Water Commons execu- life on Earth. Water belongs to no one and opportunity to launch six water initiatives tive director Ann Brummitt. “We talked to cannot be owned. People have a responsi- under the “Water City Agenda.” The vision people about water — what matters, what bility to protect and preserve clean fresh is for Milwaukee to: are the issues, what are the concerns. And water. Decisions about the care and use • Be a national leader in “blue-green” then we really asked people about a vision of water must involve everyone. And the jobs. Work is underway to promote the going forward.” Great Lakes are a gift, having “nurtured our blue-green economy in the city, but the Milwaukee Water Commons’ slogan is ancestors and shaped us as a people and as scale needs to grow, according to Brum- “Together, we’re shaping Milwaukee’s water a community. They continue to sustain us.” mitt, who previously directed the Milwau- The group operates a water school that kee River Greenway Coalition and worked collaborates with other organizations on as a school teacher. specific programs and cultivating neigh- • Make safe, clean and affordable tap borhood leadership. MWC also conducts water available to every Milwaukeean. A town hall-style meetings and workshops chief concern in Milwaukee, as it is nation- ally, is aging pipes. “While our tap water that comes out of Milwaukee Water Works BECOME A COMMONER is very good, by the time it gets to your For more information or to get kitchen faucet there’s a chance of lead,” involved with Milwaukee Water Com- Brummitt said. mons, visit milwaukeewatercommons. • Advance green infrastructure practices org. WATER next page TURN UP WITH THESE PERFECT TUMBLERS FROM FISHS EDDY! OPEN MONDAY 11-7 ALL SUMMER LONG! STOP IN AND CHECK OUT ALL OUR NEW SUMMER LINES, UNIQUE GIFTS AND HOUSEWARES! WISCONSINGAZETTE.COM | June 2, 2016 7 WATER from previous page in new developments might include rain the Center for Water Policy at UW-M, said gardens and green roofs, bioswales and in a news statement. across the city. “There’s a lot of really curb cuts. Nonprofit partners in the campaign Great Lakes group good energy going into this goal already,” • Make Milwaukee’s three rivers and include leading environmental groups, as moves Waukesha according to Brummitt, who said elements Lake Michigan swimmable and fishable.