Onalaska considering outdoor drinking restrictions

The new Wisconsin workplace smoking ban might make it trickier for Onalaska restaurants/bars to serve liquor on their outdoor decks. The city is considering requiring a new beer garden license that would prohibit serving liquor or playing loud music on outdoor decks between 10 p.m. and 10 a.m, a proposal many restaurant owners see as restricting their businesses as well as their patrons.

Shore Club's outdoor-deck proposal set for mail vote

A proposal to expand a popular restaurant that sells alcohol and features drinking games will go before the Pacific Beach neighborhood for a vote.

Best entertainment bets for July 25-29

Today: Lowertown's Black Dog Coffee and Wine Bar takes a big bite out of the summer doldrums with an intriguing music lineup for its annual street shindig. "Tracks of the Future" is the theme for this year's free outdoor event. Topping the bill is envelope-pushing jazz combo Ursus Minor, featuring British keyboardist/composer Tony Hymas, drum virtuoso and Mint Condition member Stokley Williams ...

Weekend Guide

A list of things to do this weekend.

Down the drain

The Loft Experience and Upsouth Records set out to wrap a late-night fashion show, artist performances, and a live band inside a pool-party package by Sha Stimuli Planning a party from scratch may not be akin to cooking a dish in the kitchen. But in both instances, the words "just add water" always seem to simplify the recipe for success. Such was not the case, however, at An Evening Swim. Last ...