http://www.wikio.com/search=RACINE Wikio - RACINE http://www.wikio.com/search/RACINE?rinfoid=69303245 Denis Navratil directs us to our Idiot Letter of the Day in the Racine Journal Times. The JT’s website does not allow a link to an individual letter, so I will republish it in its entirety: In a fair world … One day, around the campfire, we decided, in a just world no one should have two homes [...] Thu, 28 Aug 2008 15:58:14 GMT http://www.wikio.com/search/RACINE?rinfoid=69303245 2008-08-28T15:58:14Z http://www.wikio.com/search/RACINE?rinfoid=69223640 Cristinerose Gallery 508 West 26th Street, Suite 5A, 212-206-0297 Chelsea September 4 - October 18, 2008 Opening: Thursday, September 4, 6 - 8PM Web Site Sarah Trigg Melissa Doherty, Taiji Matsue, Alex Maclean, Lucas Monaco, Ross Racine, and Sarah Trigg Cristinerose Gallery is pleased to announce the opening of From Above and Beyond: New Perspectives in Contemporary Landscape, a group exhibition of artists who revisit landscape through photography, painting and drawing. Instead of looking outward at the frontier space in the grand tradition of landscape painting, the works in the exhibition look down at and beyond the spaces prescribed and sometimes manipulated by the artist’s view of the world and its territories. The works in the exhibition combine elements of representation and abstraction, grid and pattern, memory and illusion, observation and imagination. Whether hovering above structured towns or colorful countryside, harbors and highways or tidal basins and mountain ranges, all of the artists examine the relationships between the man-made and the natural, urban and rural, and the worlds of power, labor, appropriation, identity and leisure carrying social, political, geological, historical messages. Sarah Trigg addresses disasters both natural and man-made and how they affect the land and its inhabitants. Her paintings are inspired by news headlines. Images of events both man-made (i.e. bombs, glacial drilling) and natural (i.e. hurricanes, algae blooms) which marked the earth's surface on a chosen date are collated into a single, multilayered view, projecting the physical and spiritual tensions between a technologized culture and the natural landscape. Melissa Doherty’s paintings are a careful depiction of the geometric structures of urban greenery. The landscape is seen from a near-perpendicular perspective, so that all sense of volume is lost from the landscape in favor of the geometry of roofs and the strange vitality of vegetation extending to the edge of the composition. It is as if these organized zones, isolated on a pallid background but for the occasional road that ends abruptly at the edges of the painting, form a critique of our expectations of and interventions in nature, and of how we structure our territories. It is a social topography; the aerial point of view brings to mind the highly topical question of how territories are kept unr surveillance and appropriated. Doherty offers us a simultaneous sense of comfort and isolation, prodding us to confront our expectations of the landscapes and the interventions we inflict on it. Ross Racine’s freehand drawings, created directly on the computer, can be interpreted equally as models for planned communities or as aerial views of fictional suburbs, reflecting the dual role of the computer as a tool for urban planning and image capture. Encouraging a reflective attitude by its perpendicular and distant viewpoint, the aerial view is used to comment on human occupation and transformation of the natural landscape. In addition, the obviously invented nature of these suburbs exaggerates existing situations and explores the investigative domain of science fiction. Examining the relation between design and actual lived experience, the works subvert the apparent rationality of urban design, exposing conflicts that lie beneath the surface. These digital drawings are a commentary on the dreams and fear of suburban culture. Lucas Monaco’s drawings chronicle the histories of selected landscapes by using the map as motif. The ideas of individuals and communities that have left their mark on a city and the architectural and physical structures there that have persisted over time are combined with the impressions left by political and economic influences to form a cohesive unit. The singular outcome facilitates a view that is a simulation of objectivity. Its mixture of patterns and visual events constructs a plane integrating both random and rational development. Urban planning and development, architecture, and the role of socio-economic and community trends in forming an environment are the subjects of his work, as they play the dual role of formal picture-making and individual concerns about the broad public landscape. The duality between aesthetics and utility is consciously exploited by Alex MacLean and Taiji Matsue, who, in their own distinct ways, work to create aesthetic imagery out of raw topographical data in order to pose questions related to perception, the environment, and human industry. Alex MacLean’s aerial photographs capture the human transformation of the environment. He manipulates landscape elements into abstracted, two dimensional forms, uncovering in the process nature’s logic, scale, and complexity. Taiji Matsue evokes the impression of aerial photographs to create visual separation between the observer and the subject. He is fascinated by the epidermis of the earth that is revealed as a collage of organic and artificial structures. However, his visions of the landscape are neither spectacular nor picturesque. They refuse to dramatize the moment or the view. Thu, 28 Aug 2008 03:18:10 GMT http://www.wikio.com/search/RACINE?rinfoid=69223640 2008-08-28T03:18:10Z http://www.wikio.com/search/RACINE?rinfoid=69193075 CenterPoint Wispark Land Co. LLC, the owner of the Grandview Business Park in Racine County, has purchase 20 acres adjacent to the business park where CenterPoint will construct a high-end industrial building. Wed, 27 Aug 2008 19:52:14 GMT http://www.wikio.com/search/RACINE?rinfoid=69193075 2008-08-27T19:52:14Z http://www.wikio.com/search/RACINE?rinfoid=68788593 It seems Carl las opened up quite the can of worms talking about the shoddy service he receives on a regular basis in Chicago. First off, Carl needs to move to Racine or Valparaiso and start commuting every day so he can begin to enjoy the fruits of living rural. Jokes aside, I do have [...] Sun, 24 Aug 2008 11:41:28 GMT http://www.wikio.com/search/RACINE?rinfoid=68788593 2008-08-24T11:41:28Z http://www.wikio.com/search/RACINE?rinfoid=68765215 When Craig Leipold of Racine bought the Minnesota Wild of the National Hockey League, he also became the majority... Sun, 24 Aug 2008 05:09:13 GMT http://www.wikio.com/search/RACINE?rinfoid=68765215 2008-08-24T05:09:13Z http://www.wikio.com/search/RACINE?rinfoid=68683040 The Teneo Group Inc. has acquired two southeastern Wisconsin companies - Pinnacle Precision Inc. of Racine and... Sat, 23 Aug 2008 02:47:11 GMT http://www.wikio.com/search/RACINE?rinfoid=68683040 2008-08-23T02:47:11Z http://www.wikio.com/search/RACINE?rinfoid=68633664 Case IH, the Racine-based agricultural equipment brand of CNH Global NV, has been awarded two contracts valued at nearly $12 million to supply 40 cotton pickers to a company in China. (CNH) Fri, 22 Aug 2008 15:51:25 GMT http://www.wikio.com/search/RACINE?rinfoid=68633664 2008-08-22T15:51:25Z http://www.wikio.com/search/RACINE?rinfoid=68636560 Mark Hertzberg over at wrightinracine.com just got back from a trip up north. He recently posted some beautiful photos of the Lindholm Service Station in Cloquet, MN. check out the article and the photos by following the link. Photo copyright Mark Hertzberg Fri, 22 Aug 2008 14:42:41 GMT http://www.wikio.com/search/RACINE?rinfoid=68636560 mail@prairiemod.com 2008-08-22T14:42:41Z http://www.wikio.com/search/RACINE?rinfoid=68572613 We had a request for some recommendations on good breakfast places, and there’s good news - DNC attendees have some very good options close at hand. Racine’s , which is located in the Governor’s Park neighborhood just off Speer, is about as good as it gets. They’re open at 7am M-F and 8am on weekends and serve a wide variety of traditional American and Southwestern dishes. They tend toward the healthy and the service is impeccable. The Sunday brunch is among the best in town. Lucille’s specializes in New Orleans-style creole cuisine and frankly, it’s just about as good as what you’d get in the Big Easy. Not exaggerating there, either. The original restaurant in Boulder is a great place to stand in line on weekends if you’re not there early, but the new location in Denver (at Alameda and South Logan in the West Washington Park neighborhood) has been a lot easier to get into of late. Again, the food here is just outstanding. Annie’s Cafe is a traditional breakfast joint with a hip, neo-’50s attitude. The good news is that it’s more accessible than it used to be. The old location was a lot smaller, but they’ve now moved into spacious new digs at 3100 East Colfax. Not walking distance from The Can, but worth the drive. Finally, if you’re a fan of down & dirty open-all-nite comfort food action, the Denver Diner is just down Speer Blvd. from Pepsi Center at the intersection of Colfax. Very urban, very cool. Any other last-minute requests? Fri, 22 Aug 2008 01:51:34 GMT http://www.wikio.com/search/RACINE?rinfoid=68572613 2008-08-22T01:51:34Z http://www.wikio.com/search/RACINE?rinfoid=68507990 Accident leaves victim in critical condition The Blue Line's Racine Station was closed early Thursday for nearly two hours after a woman was hit by a train. Thu, 21 Aug 2008 15:38:00 GMT http://www.wikio.com/search/RACINE?rinfoid=68507990 2008-08-21T15:38:00Z http://www.wikio.com/search/RACINE?rinfoid=68414468 By LEE BERGQUIST The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Tuesday designated six Wisconsin counties, for the first time ever, as violating federal standards for fine-particle pollution. The counties are Milwaukee, Waukesha, Racine, Dane, Columbia and Brown. Wed, 20 Aug 2008 20:00:00 GMT http://www.wikio.com/search/RACINE?rinfoid=68414468 2008-08-20T20:00:00Z http://www.wikio.com/search/RACINE?rinfoid=68311383 University of Wisconsin-Madison professor James Shaw will be the Racine Unified School District's next... Wed, 20 Aug 2008 05:57:34 GMT http://www.wikio.com/search/RACINE?rinfoid=68311383 2008-08-20T05:57:34Z http://www.wikio.com/search/RACINE?rinfoid=68206931 A strike by Racine bus drivers that left riders stranded Monday morning ended after several hours when the drivers reached an agreement with the company that manages the bus system. Tue, 19 Aug 2008 10:08:52 GMT http://www.wikio.com/search/RACINE?rinfoid=68206931 2008-08-19T10:08:52Z http://www.wikio.com/search/RACINE?rinfoid=68182454 Yea for mass transit! A bus strike in Racine left riders stranded without notice this morning. Curtis Garner, executive director of the company that manages the bus system, said he was just as surprised. Garner said he learned the strike started when he got a call from the head of the city’s transit service for disabled riders. Nine kidney dialysis patients missed appointments, according to the company that manages the city’s bus service. Managers with the bus system are scrambling to take disabled patients to other appointments. Drivers have been picketing bus stations since this morning. Drivers have been working without a contract since July 1. The 93 members of the local Teamsters union are in a dispute over proposed changes by management in insurance coverage for retirees and the transfer of three dispatchers from union to non-union positions. Tue, 19 Aug 2008 04:51:00 GMT http://www.wikio.com/search/RACINE?rinfoid=68182454 2008-08-19T04:51:00Z http://www.wikio.com/search/RACINE?rinfoid=68179164 The union thugs ended their 24 hour hissy fit and will be going back to work tomorrow. Under the new agreement, according to Curtis Garner, executive director of Professional Transit Management of Racine: -Retirees will be reimbursed if they purchase private insurance. -The three dispatchers will remain union positions. -Management will run the payroll system with non-union employees. -Drivers will [...] Tue, 19 Aug 2008 00:21:36 GMT http://www.wikio.com/search/RACINE?rinfoid=68179164 2008-08-19T00:21:36Z http://www.wikio.com/search/RACINE?rinfoid=68190155 The Racine Journal Times has surprised me a couple of times lately. This time , the topic is drilling for oil. I’ve bolded a few passages: We must drill. There’s no getting around that idea. It is true that there will be no immediate effect on gasoline prices because developing a new oil field requires up to a decade, depending on which projection you accept. But it’s also true there is no projected date by which the nation’s energy needs will be met by forests of wind turbines charging plug-in hybrid autos , or acres of solar panels boiling liquid to drive generators, or some other scheme. It’s true that there is an environmental risk from oil spills, and we need to make sure that penalties are certain and quick, not delayed for 20 years as in the Exxon Valdez case. Yet government data show that offshore oil and gas development contributes about 2 percent to the petroleum in the North American marine environment, the same amount as comes from recreational boating . The fact is that there is no short-term substitute for petroleum, and there is also the fact that the greater our domestic supply the less we will be at the mercy of the political instability which is endemic in the Middle East and which is now appearing in the Caucasus region containing Georgia and important energy transport routes to western Europe. They’re not saying only drill. They’re saying drill, and keep working on other stuff. That’s a great position. P.S. Do I have to disclose that I interned at the RJT in the Summer of 1997 and freelanced for them into 1998? Whether or not I do, I guess I just did. Mon, 18 Aug 2008 23:34:00 GMT http://www.wikio.com/search/RACINE?rinfoid=68190155 noreply@blogger.com (Lance Burri) 2008-08-18T23:34:00Z http://www.wikio.com/search/RACINE?rinfoid=68152535 An update on the bus drivers’ strike in Racine: The Sentinel Journal is reporting that kidney dialysis patients were left stranded and missed medical appointments by the greedy union thugs. A bus strike in Racine left riders stranded without notice this morning. Curtis Garner, executive director of the company that manages the bus system, said he [...] Mon, 18 Aug 2008 20:38:50 GMT http://www.wikio.com/search/RACINE?rinfoid=68152535 2008-08-18T20:38:50Z http://www.wikio.com/search/RACINE?rinfoid=68122304 Oh, those liberal elitists. The folks who want to turn us into a mass transit-oriented society (at least for the little people, the Great Unwashed, since they themselves will keep their SUVs, Hummers and private jets). You see, there’s yet another problem: something called unions. Racine BUS drivers are on strike. And those little people, the ones [...] Mon, 18 Aug 2008 15:06:42 GMT http://www.wikio.com/search/RACINE?rinfoid=68122304 2008-08-18T15:06:42Z http://www.wikio.com/search/RACINE?rinfoid=68066204 RACINE COUNTYDive from deputy's boat ends in death off RacineOne person died early Sunday after diving into Lake Michigan from a boat moored off Racine's North Beach. Mon, 18 Aug 2008 05:53:33 GMT http://www.wikio.com/search/RACINE?rinfoid=68066204 2008-08-18T05:53:33Z http://www.wikio.com/search/RACINE?rinfoid=67817036 Land surrounding a former duck processing plant in the Racine area has been sold at auction for $3.4 million. Fri, 15 Aug 2008 05:00:25 GMT http://www.wikio.com/search/RACINE?rinfoid=67817036 2008-08-15T05:00:25Z