"Giovoni" is a 28-year-old single dad who works a respectable job during the week. On weekends, though, he works as a male stripper, delighting the ladies at Milwaukee clubs, bachelorette parties and even banks. In honor of Sex Week, we present to you this most unusual Milwaukee Talks.
Milwaukee's gay and lesbian bars were once exclusive single-sexed joints, but the times they are a changin'. Now, these bars house eclectic and diverse crowds of patrons who enjoy dancing, karaoke, pool, shows or simply drinking and being sociable.
The world of performance art is a boundless planet, and one that welcomes citizen artists from all walks of life. Take, for example, The Miltown Kings, Milwaukee's drag-oriented theater troupe. "This gang of gender benders consists of kings, queens, femmes and everything in between," says member Leo Long.
When you think of it, there really aren't many (or any) places for same-sex couples to go celebrate Valentine's Day in style (nope, not even the Sybaris).
The Milwaukee Common Council Licenses Committee wants to crack down on continued violence and disturbances in front of area dance clubs. Two of the clubs targeted are the Ladybug Club Downtown and Rain in Walker's Point.
Within the last year and a half I have witnessed four new pizza places open up within a five-minute bike ride (less than a mile) of my Walker's Point home.