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Feb 28, 2006 11:09

Only in Milwaukee?
Martinifest leaves art museum shaken and stirred

I can't decide whether or not that's worse than what happened at the Detroit art museum.
Boy sticks gum on $1.5 million painting at museum

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iluvdanser February 28 2006, 18:53:10 UTC

ohh my gosh...lol
thanks for the laugh...although i'd be there too with unlimited martinis for 30 bucks...

yeah_hi_its_me March 1 2006, 15:39:41 UTC

Haha, icon stealer.
I guess that was the problem...too many people with martinis at practically giveaway prices (see lifeguard_jen's reply below for what they should have done...

lifeguard_jen February 28 2006, 19:09:35 UTC

*sigh* Yeah, I read that on the front page of the JS today.

It's sad, really...but the organizers of the event should have picked a better venue for their function and the art museum bookers should have looked into that funtion more carefully.

I mean, an art museum calls for a fundraiser selling $200 tickets with a 5 course meal and live jazz band...not a $30 martinifest.

But you can't deny that Chicagoans would have done the same thing.

~:)

yeah_hi_its_me March 1 2006, 15:42:52 UTC

Good call. It is sad, but I guess hindsight is 20/20...but still, it involves a little common sense. Makes me proud of my hometown.
How're you liking Milwaukee so far?

lifeguard_jen March 1 2006, 16:53:02 UTC

They called it "Martinifest" and then provided UNLIMITED martinis. I don't care what city you are in...if you tell the average Joe that they have to pay a certain dollar amount to have all they can drink, they will certainly try to get more than their money's worth. It becomes a challenge, really.

Believe it or not, I love it. :)

yeah_hi_its_me March 2 2006, 18:34:11 UTC

I believe it. Milwaukee can be great if you take advantage of all it has to offer. Been to Brady Street/the East Side yet? There's some really cool stuff around there.

land_of_what March 2 2006, 07:06:00 UTC

i'd have to say the martinifest was worse then the gum
they key to my reasoning being
the museum okay-ed the event, at that price(which i would bet, is what an average person on a night out spends) how could you think any of that wouldn't happen?

as for the gum
"He is only 12 and I don't think he understood the ramifications of what he did."
Bullshit, he's a snot nosed kid, who probably thought it was funny.
he knew exactly what he was doing, now if he just spit it out with out aiming... there might be some leniency as to his intentions