http://demo.wehaa.com/articles.sec-19-1-arts.html Brew pubs tend to be large places, as exemplified by Rock Bottom and the Milwaukee Ale House. But Stonefly Brewing Co. in Riverwest offers a similar atmosphere in a smaller space. Stonefly first opened under the name Onopa, until Julia LaLoggia purchased the place from a friend and made the switch.]]> After the closing of the local landmark Heinemann’s, the West Side neighborhood where Milwaukee, Wauwatosa and West Allis converge has been starved for restaurants. Filling the void (at least for lunch and supper) is Jo Jo’s Pub and Grill (304 N. 76th St.]]> Late last week, New York City went out on a limb, or a pier to be exact, to help a group of people in Queens. For almost 100 years the 17 houses on Beach 84th Street Pier were owned by the state or ]]> Have a hornet, yellow jacket or wasp problem? Save yourself the misery of getting stung, and call George Waldenmaier, a professional bee catcher. His services are free. He gets stung daily, and that’s okay with him. It comes with the job. ]]> This didn’t happen by accident: Greendale is the product of the Greenbelt program, a federal government initiative undertaken as part of New Deal efforts to end the Great Depression of the 1930s.]]> Celebrate World Breastfeeding Week on Saturday, Aug. 2 by participating in this two-mile walk organized by the Milwaukee County Breastfeeding Coalition. It begins at 9 a.m. at the 16th Street Community Health Center, 1032 S. Cesar Chavez Drive, and ends at the Milwaukee Heart Institute on the Aurora Sinai Medical Center Campus on 12th Street.]]> “Milwaukee is a value destination,” said Dave Fantle, vice president of VISIT Milwaukee, a marketing agency charged with promoting the Greater Milwaukee area. “Compared to larger cities such as New York, Boston, Chicago and Los Angeles, and their costs of hotels, restau rants and attractions, Milwaukee offers more bang for the buck.]]> “Zoning is not inviolate,” Bauman responded. “It’s not the Ten Commandments. It’s not the Constitution. Zoning is what eight aldermen say it is. We can change the zoning at any time. We can change the zon ing so that you can build 60 stories. We can do that, too. ]]> The request—technically an amendment to the agreement currently in place between New Berlin and Milwaukee—would allow New Berlin to bring in Lake Michigan water to an “expanded service area” or the “middle third” of the community. ]]>