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Whitefish Bay High School
Whitefish Bay High School is a comprehensive public secondary school located in the village of Whitefish Bay, Wisconsin, United States. Enrollment is 947 students, in grades 9 through 12. The school newspaper, the ''Tower Times'', and the school yearbook, ''The Tower'', both refer to the school building's five-story tower and facade that rise over the main entrance. The school colors are blue and grey. The school's mascot is the "Blue Duke". Whitefish Bay is a member of the North Shore Sports Conference. Activities Student extracurricular activities include student government, forensics (individual events), debate, drama, and sports. A student activity fair is held in September to publicize clubs and activities. Music Whitefish Bay High School offers choir, orchestra and band programs to its students in all grades. The orchestra has biennial overseas concerts/trips and the band has an annual stateside trip for seniors. Athletics The school sports program offers the following s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Whitefish Bay, Wisconsin
Whitefish Bay is a village in Milwaukee County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 14,954 at the 2020 census. History In the early 19th century when the first white settlers arrived, the Whitefish Bay area was controlled by Native Americans, including the Menominee, Potawatomi, and Sauk people. The area came under the control of the United States Federal Government in 1832 when the Menominee surrendered their claims to the land by signing the '' Treaty of Washington''. The land was organized as part of the Town of Milwaukee in 1835, and for much of the 19th century, the community's main economic activities were farming and fishing. Many of the early settlers were German immigrants. In 1889, Pabst Brewing Company-owner Frederick Pabst purchased land in the Whitefish Bay area which he developed into the Whitefish Bay Pabst Resort, which included a hotel, restaurant, beer garden, and bandshell. He later added a Ferris wheel and a carousel, as well. At its height, the pa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matthea Harvey
Matthea Harvey (born September 3, 1973) is a contemporary American poet, writer and professor. She has published four collections of poetry. The most recent of these, ''If the Tabloids Are True What Are You?'', a collection of poetry and images, was published in 2014. Prior to this, the collection ''Modern Life'' (2007) earned her the 2009 Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award and was a finalist for the 2007 National Book Critics Circle Award, and a ''New York Times'' Notable Book. Life Harvey was born in Germany, and grew up in England and Milwaukee, Wisconsin. She earned her B.A. from Harvard University and her M.F.A. from the Iowa Writers' Workshop. She currently lives in Brooklyn and teaches at Sarah Lawrence College. She is the sister of artist Ellen Harvey and is married to editor Rob Casper. Harvey has served as the poetry editor of ''American Letters & Commentary'' as well as a contributing editor to ''jubilat'' and ''BOMB''. She has published poems in literary magazines includin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chip Zien
Jerome Herbert "Chip" Zien (born March 20, 1947) is an American actor. He is best known for playing the lead role of the Baker in the original Broadway production of ''Into the Woods'' by Stephen Sondheim. He has appeared in all of the "Marvin Trilogy" musicals by William Finn: ''In Trousers'', ''March of the Falsettos'', ''Falsettoland'' and ''Falsettos''. He played Monsieur Thénardier in the Broadway production of ''Les Misérables'' and Mark Rothenberg in the film '' United 93''. He is also known for providing the voice of the titular character in the film ''Howard the Duck''. Early life Zien was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and graduated from Whitefish Bay High School and later from the University of Pennsylvania. There, he was the chairman of the Mask and Wig Club, the nation's oldest all-male collegiate musical comedy troupe. Career Young Zien started in local theatrical productions. One of his early roles was as a child in a production of '' South Pacific'' at the Melo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Meredith Tax
Meredith Jane Tax (September 18, 1942 – September 25, 2022) was an American feminist writer and political activist. Early life Tax was born on September 18, 1942, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, the daughter of Archie Tax, a physician, and Martha Brazy Tax. She attended Whitefish Bay High School in Whitefish Bay, Wisconsin, in 1960. In 1961, she represented Brandeis on ''College Bowl''. She was a National Merit Scholar and was in the twelfth graduating class of Brandeis University in 1964. She spent the next four years at Birkbeck College, University of London, on Fulbright and Woodrow Wilson fellowships. Career Despite her "dreams of a gilded career in the arts", Tax gave up the idea of an academic career in favor of movement work and became a writer and an activist. After returning to the US, she became a founding member of Bread and Roses, a socialist women's liberation organization in Boston, and joined the October League. Tax's 1970 essay, "Woman and Her Mind: The Story of Da ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Republican Party Of Wisconsin
The Republican Party of Wisconsin is a right-wing political party in Wisconsin and is the Wisconsin affiliate of the United States Republican Party (GOP). The state party chair is Paul Farrow. The state party is divided into 72 county parties for each of the state's counties, as well as organizations for the state's eight congressional districts. History After the introduction in Congress of the Kansas–Nebraska bill in January 1854, many meetings were held in protest across the country. The meeting held in Ripon, Wisconsin on March 20, 1854, is commonly cited as the birth of the Republican Party in the United States due to it being the first publicized anti-slavery meeting to propose a new party with its name being ''Republican.'' Origins of the Republican Party in Wisconsin Before the meeting in Ripon, an alliance existed between state Whigs, whose national party had weakened, and members of the Free Soil Party, with whom they formed a "people's ticket" as early as 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Donald K
Donald is a masculine given name derived from the Gaelic name ''Dòmhnall''.. This comes from the Proto-Celtic *''Dumno-ualos'' ("world-ruler" or "world-wielder"). The final -''d'' in ''Donald'' is partly derived from a misinterpretation of the Gaelic pronunciation by English speakers, and partly associated with the spelling of similar-sounding Germanic names, such as '' Ronald''. A short form of ''Donald'' is ''Don''. Pet forms of ''Donald'' include ''Donnie'' and ''Donny''. The feminine given name ''Donella'' is derived from ''Donald''. ''Donald'' has cognates in other Celtic languages: Modern Irish ''Dónal'' (anglicised as ''Donal'' and ''Donall'');. Scottish Gaelic ''Dòmhnall'', ''Domhnull'' and ''Dòmhnull''; Welsh '' Dyfnwal'' and Cumbric ''Dumnagual''. Although the feminine given name ''Donna'' is sometimes used as a feminine form of ''Donald'', the names are not etymologically related. Variations Kings and noblemen Domnall or Domhnall is the name of many an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mike Schneck
Michael Louis Schneck (born August 4, 1977) is a former American football long snapper who played in the National Football League (NFL) for eleven seasons. He played college football for the University of Wisconsin. He was signed by the Pittsburgh Steelers as an undrafted free agent in 1999, and also played for the Buffalo Bills and Atlanta Falcons. Early years Schneck attended Whitefish Bay High School, where in addition to handling longsnapping duties, he was a two-time All-League linebacker and the team captain and the Team MVP as a senior. Professional career Pittsburgh Steelers Beginning in 1999, Schneck spent the first six years of his career as the Steelers' long snapper. Buffalo Bills He was signed as a free agent by the Bills in 2005. Schneck was selected to his first Pro Bowl in 2005, alongside teammate Brian Moorman. He was released by the Bills during final cuts on September 1, 2007. Atlanta Falcons On October 2, 2007, he signed with the Falcons. Schneck announc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Samuel Page
Samuel Page (born Samuel L. Elliott; November 5, 1976) is an American actor. He has appeared on popular television shows, such as ''All My Children'', ''Mad Men'', ''Desperate Housewives'', ''House of Cards'', '' Switched at Birth'', ''Scandal, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt'', ''Gossip Girl,'' and ''The Bold Type.'' Early life Page was born in Whitefish Bay, Wisconsin. He captained the football and baseball teams at Whitefish Bay High School. He attended Princeton University, where he earned a BA in ecology and evolutionary biology in 1998. Career After completing his degree, Page decided to become an actor despite having no high school acting experience. "I came home and told my mom and dad I was moving to Hollywood to become an actor." While in Los Angeles, Page appeared on the television shows ''Desperate Housewives,'' ''Popular'', '' 7th Heaven'', ''Undressed'', and ''Men, Women & Dogs''. In New York City, he was cast in 2002 as Trey Kenyon on the daytime soap opera ''All My Ch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Niels Mueller
Niels Mueller (born 1961) is an American film director, screenwriter, and film producer. His directorial debut film, ''The Assassination of Richard Nixon'', screened at the 2004 Cannes Film Festival. Biography Mueller was born and raised in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and attended Tufts University, where he earned a BA. While an undergraduate, he collaborated with fellow student Gary Winick on a number of independent film projects. Mueller subsequently attended film school at UCLA where he earned an MFA. His most notable work remains ''The Assassination of Richard Nixon'' (2004), starring Sean Penn, which he directed and also co-wrote with Kevin Kennedy. Other writing projects include ''Tadpole'' (2002), which he co-wrote, ''13 Going on 30'' (2004), although he lost an initial writing credit on this latter film in a subsequent dispute arbitrated by the Writers Guild of America. A pilot he wrote with Kevin Kennedy, '' The Defenders'', was picked up by CBS television for the fall 2010 sea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
The ''Milwaukee Journal Sentinel'' is a daily morning broadsheet printed in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, where it is the primary newspaper. It is also the largest newspaper in the state of Wisconsin, where it is widely distributed. It is currently owned by the Gannett Company.Gannett Completes Acquisition of Journal Media Group . ''USA Today'', April 11, 2016. In early 2003, the ''Milwaukee Journal Sentinel'' began printing operations at a new printing facility in West Milwaukee. In September 2006, the ''Journal Sentinel'' announced it had "signed a five-year agreement to print the national edition of '' |
Dennis Kois
Dennis Kois is the current executive director of the Yerkes Future Foundation in Williams Bay, Wisconsin. Biography Kois was raised and graduated from Whitefish Bay High School in Whitefish Bay, Wisconsin near Milwaukee, and received a BA from the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee and an MA from New York University. He taught in the Graduate Program in Museum Studies at George Washington University from 2001 to 2006. Kois co-designed the ''Galleries of Greek and Roman Art'' at the Metropolitan Museum of Art (1999), as well as co-designed museum exhibitions, including the Met's ''Jacqueline Kennedy: The White House Years''. He was a protégé of Jeff Daly, the Chief Designer of the Metropolitan from 1979 to 2006. Additionally, Kois was the internal art director of the Met's website redesign, metmuseum.org, when it launched in 2000. The redesign won both "Best Website" from the American Alliance of Museums as well as "Best E-Commerce Site" from Advertising Age. In 2001 Ko ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kristen Johnston
Kristen Angela Johnston (born September 20, 1967) is an American actress. Best known for her work on television sitcoms, she twice won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series for her role as Sally Solomon in '' 3rd Rock from the Sun''. She starred as divorce attorney Holly Franklin on ''The Exes'', and as recovering addict Tammy Diffendorf on '' Mom''. She has also appeared in such films as '' Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me'' (1999), ''The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas'' (2000), ''Ice Age'' (2002), '' Music and Lyrics'' (2007), and ''Bride Wars'' (2009). Education Johnston earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in drama at New York University. Career Johnston made her professional stage debut with New York's Atlantic Theater Company, founded by playwright David Mamet, where she appeared in many productions including ''As You Like It'' and ''Stage Door''. She performed with the Naked Angels Theater Company in ''The Stand-In'' and ''Hot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
