Articles by Andrea Mesalk

Nichole Graves lives in Thiensville. She is a student at UWM and does not have a car. How does she get to campus every day? “I take the 49U from Brown Deer, Graves said. The bus comes about every 40 minutes, which can mean a long wait and an even longer round trip. What would […]

Polka lives on every Wednesday night at Kochanski’s Concertina Beer Hall on Milwaukee’s south side. Accordion and concertina players collaborate with a drummer or a harmonica player to keep Wisconsin’s state dance alive at the polka open jam. The musicians do not sign up for their time on stage like a typical open jam at […]