Daniel Goldin is the general manager of Schwartz Bookshops and Lanora Hurley manages the shop in Mequon. The chain announced this week it would go out of business in March. Goldin plans to reopen the Downer Avenue location as the Boswell Book Company, and Hurley hopes to reopen the Mequon store as Next Chapter Books.
Their interview is the first in our occasional, year-long series called “Tanked: Running on Empty.” And if you have an idea for a segment on how people are making a go of it, even in the face of tough economic times, email it to us at lakeeffect@uwm.edu, or go to the contact Lake Effect section.
Irish Fiddler Eileen Ivers and her group, Immigrant Soul, will premiere Beyond the BogRoad tonight and tomorrow at the Sharon Lynne Wilson Center for the Arts in Brookfield. She told Lake Effect’s Bonnie North about how the Bog Road project came to be.
Lake Effect contributor Paul Kosidowski writes the Culture Club column for Milwaukee Magazine’s website, and joins us every Friday to talk about what’s on deck on the weekend arts scene.
Lake Effect contributor and author Liam Callanan teaches in the English department of UW-Milwaukee, and coordinates the PhD program in creative writing. His latest novel is All Saints. His essay today is on the high cost of winter, and why that should be good for Milwaukee.
Lake Effect’s Stephanie Lecci produced our feature on the 50th anniversary of the Winter Dance Party tour. Tommy Allsup and Johnny Rogers will perform at the “Last Tour” tribute concert to Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, the Big Bopper and Roger Peterson tonight at the Eagles Ballroom.
You can see Donna Fischer Doffing's photos from the Milwaukee concert (courtesy of The Rave), local newspaper clippings following the "Day the Music Died" plane crash, and more here. Email Lake Effect (lakeeffect at uwm.edu) if you have pictures of the concert.
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Lake Effect’s Stephanie Lecci produced our feature on the 50th anniversary of the Winter Dance Party tour. 
