Veteran Hollywood actor Russ Tamblyn was recently in Milwaukee to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the stage production of West Side Story. He played Riff, the leader of The Jets, in the 1961 movie version. He talks with Lake Effect contributor Paul Kosidowski.
Jennifer Jordan is a sociology professor at UW-Milwaukee. She published a scholarly article on heirloom tomatoes and she's working on a book about heirloom foods. In her interview with Jane Hampden, she recommends Seed Savers' Exchange and the Carmel, California Tomatofest for more information.
Marilyn Taylor's poems have appeared in Poetry Magazine, The American Scholar and Cream City Review. She reads The Geniuses Among Us and The Cocktail Party. Taylor served as Milwaukee poet laureate for 2004-2005. She's a contributing editor for The Writer magazine.