Milwaukee Post
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16 • Milwaukee County Post • August 18, 2017 Zoo's a la carte to run through Sunday MILWAUKEE — The 33rd annual a la carte event at the Milwaukee County Zoo will feature more than 26 area restaurants along with national and local bands through Sunday. This year's headliners at the zoo's a la carte: ■ 8 p.m. today — Rusted Root ■ 8 p.m. Saturday — Everclear ■ 3:30 p.m. Sunday — Unity There will be hands-on experiences, like Kohl's Color Wheels. Create art projects inspired by art in the Milwaukee Art Museum at the Northwestern Mutual Family Farm. Go under the skin of nature's creatures with "Body Worlds: Animal Inside Out." The zoo's new exhibition fea- tures more than 100 specimens on display. It is $10 for adults and $8 for children 3 to 12. The music is free. Bring lawn chairs and blankets and sprawl out on grassy areas. Billed as "feast with the beasts," the vendors draw their share of attention. This year, food will be offered by Aladdin's, Alioto's, Blackfinn Ameripub, Café el Sol, Hue Vietnamese Restaurant, Jack's American Pub, Kalua Hawaiian BBQ, Kealoah's Ohana, Shave Ice, Louise's, Milwaukee Brat House, Miss Beverly's Deluxe Barbeque, Reids Roasted Corn (new), Rich's House of Cakes (new), Saz's, Simma's Bakery, Suzy's Creamcheese Cakes, The Halal Guys, The Soup Market, Three Lions Pub, Thunder Bay, Trinity Three Irish Pubs, Ultimate Confections, Vagabond, Water Street Brewery, Wisconsin Machine Shed Restaurant and Wong's Wok. Adults can sip wine at the Giraffe Village Wine Tent. Advanced a la carte tickets are $12.25 for adults and $9.25 for children at Tri City National Bank locations through Aug. 20. A multi-day pass is $26 for adults and $18 or children (cash only). Regular rates are $14.25 for adults, $13.25 for seniors (60 and older), $11.25 for juniors (ages 3 to 12) and free for 2 and younger. Parking is $12. Food tickets, zoo rides and special attractions can be purchased for an additional charge. The 2017 festival is open from 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. through Saturday and 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. Sunday. For an entertainment schedule or additional informa- tion, contact the zoo at 414-256-5466 or visit www.milwau- keezoo.org. County's deep-well pools open through Sunday, aquatic parks to Labor Day MILWAUKEE — The final days of the Milwaukee County outdoor pool season are here, but family aquatic parks at Greenfield and Lincoln parks will remain open through Labor Day. Deep-well pools will be open through Sunday. Pools are located at Hales Corners, Holler, Jackson, Kosciuszko (Pelican Cove), McCarty, Oak Creek Parkway (Grobschmidt Pool), Sheridan, Washington, and Wilson parks. Hours are 12:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. daily. Evening hours alternate between pools. Wading pools, which opened on a staggered schedule, close on a staggered schedule. Pools open through Sunday are at Alcott, Algonquin, Greene, Holler, Humboldt, Kops, LaFollette, Lindsay, Lyons, McCarty, Mitchell, Pulaski- Cudahy, Saveland, Sheridan, Sherman, Tippecanoe, Wahl, Washington, and Wedgewood parks. Other wading pools and splash pads closed last weekend. Hours vary by loca- tion. Milwaukee County's two family aquatic parks, David F. Schulz Aquatic Center in Lincoln Park and Cool Waters in Greenfield Park, will remain open through Labor Day. For more information, visit countyparks.com or call 414-257-8098. 'Most interesting' pitchman to do meet-and-greet for tequila at Discount Liquor MILWAUKEE — Actor Jonathan Goldsmith, who for- merly did ad work billed as "the most interesting man in the world," will make an in-store appearance promoting Astral Tequila from 3 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. Saturday at Discount Liquor, 5019 W. Oklahoma Ave. Goldsmith's appearance will help promote the launch of Astral Tequila to the Milwaukee market. During the meet- and-greet, customers may sample the tequila, named one of the "Top 10 Blanco Tequila" by Food & Wine Magazine, as well as get their photograph taken with him and get his autograph. While most people remember him from promoting Dos Equis from 2006-'16, as that campaign said, he doesn't always drink beer. Food Truck Wednesdays roll on in the Menomonee Valley MILWAUKEE — Food Truck Wednesdays are from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. every second Wednesday through October in the Menomonee Valley Industrial Center and Community Park. The next one will be Aug. 23. They are in the area around 33rd and Canal streets. The trucks can carry different foods, from pizzas to sandwiches and more. The remaining dates are Sept. 6, Sept. 20, Oct. 4 and Oct. 18. Submitted photo The Milwaukee County Zoo's annual a la carte runs through Sunday. COMMUNITY MILWAUKEE - Daddy's Soul Food & Grill, 754 N. 27th St., is the site of the latest Milwaukee County Partnership Memory Café. Opening the café to improve quality of life for dementia patients are the Department on Aging, the Wisconsin Alzheimer's Institute, the Alzheimer's Association of Southeastern Wisconsin, the Milwaukee Public Museum and, the facilitat- ing agency, Milwaukee Center for Independence. Scheduled to be at Thursday's ribbon-cutting were County Executive Chris Abele, state Sen. LaTonya Johnson, Milwaukee County Board Supervisor Supreme Moore Omokunde, and other Milwaukee officials and key stakeholders from around the state. Memory cafés are places where people with mild cognitive impairment Alzheimer's or related dementia and their care partners can go to socialize and meet new people. Each café meets on a monthly basis. Daddy's Soul Food will serve as such a café from 2:30 p.m. to 4 p.m. the first Tuesday of each month. Other sites and meeting times are: ■ Bay View United Methodist Church, 2772 S. Kinnickinnic Ave., Milwaukee, 1 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. third Monday of the month. ■ Cranky Al's, 6901 W. North Ave., Wauwatosa, 4 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. second Wednesday of the month. ■ Ferch's Malt Shoppe and Grill, 5636 Broad St., Greendale, 2:30 p.m. to 4 p.m. fourth Wednesday of the month. ■ Miss Katie's Diner, 1900 W. Clybourn Ave., Milwaukee, 2:30 p.m. to 4 p.m. third Wednesday of each month (Memory Café begins again in November). ■ Pitch's Express, 1750 N. Lincoln Memorial Drive, Milwaukee, 2:30 p.m. to 4 p.m. third Wednesday of the month (closed November to May). ■ Three Lions Pub, 4515 N. Oakland Ave., Shorewood, 2:30 p.m. to 4 p.m. third Thursday of each month. First-time attendees are required to call 1-800-272- 3900. New Memory Café is at Daddy's Soul Number of sites in county rises to seven WAUKESHA — Wauke- sha County Circuit Judge Ralph Ramirez sentenced London White, 23, of Milwaukee to life in prison with the chance of extended supervision after 35 years for the murder of George Erickson, 16. White was found guilty on May 25 of first-degree inten- tional homicide for shooting Erickson in the head and chest outside a Pick 'n Save store on Main Street in Sussex on May 14, 2016. Erickson led White and another man to believe that he was going to sell them a quarter-pound of marijuana, but when White held up the money for the drugs — some of it counterfeit — Erickson took it at gunpoint. White followed Erickson and shot him multiple times. He died a month later. In court on Aug. 9, the families of both White and Erickson were present to speak. "I wonder if he turned around," said Kimberly Erickson, mother of George. "Did you see his face as you pulled the trigger?" Family members of White spoke of his character and how he is a beloved father figure in their family to more than just his two kids. Milwaukee man gets life for fatal Sussex trail shooting