Tuesday, February 28, 2006

Martinifest leaves art museum shaken and stirred

Mary Louise Schumacher reports in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel on a February 11th event at the Milwaukee Art Museum.
People threw up, passed out, were injured, got into altercations and climbed onto sculptures at Martinifest, a semi- formal event organized by Clear Channel Radio ...

"Hindsight is 20-20 . . . it was probably too cheap," Kerry Wolfe, a local programming director for Clear Channel, said of the event's premise - unlimited martinis for $30.


So much for those local public television ads featuring John Cleese saying "You probably think I consider you a bunch of beer-swilling cheeseheads ... "

Update: The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel continues in-depth coverage with columns by Jim Stingl and Tim Cuprisin and this martini backgrounder.

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