Lately it might seem that teachers are getting guff from every side. But the folks at the Harley-Davidson Museum want teachers to know they've got a friend down in the valley.
So, teachers can show an ID and get free admission to the museum through the end of November. The museum, at 400 W. Canal St., is open daily from 10 a.m. until 6 p.m., and until 8 p.m. Thursdays.
The museum launched this offer in conjunction with the statewide Wisconsin Education Association Council (WEAC) Convention held in Madison the last week in October.
"The museum would like to give teachers an opportunity to visit and see first-hand how American's story is told through the eyes of an American icon," says Brook Smith, Harley's manager of community affairs.
"As they plan for the remainder of the year, they can consider the Harley-Davidson Museum a place to bring their students for a unique learning experience."
Born in Brooklyn, N.Y., where he lived until he was 17, Bobby received his BA-Mass Communications from UWM in 1989 and has lived in Walker's Point, Bay View, Enderis Park, South Milwaukee and on the East Side.
He has published three non-fiction books in Italy – including one about an event in Milwaukee history, which was published in the U.S. in autumn 2010. Four more books, all about Milwaukee, have been published by The History Press.
With his most recent band, The Yell Leaders, Bobby released four LPs and had a songs featured in episodes of TV's "Party of Five" and "Dawson's Creek," and films in Japan, South America and the U.S. The Yell Leaders were named the best unsigned band in their region by VH-1 as part of its Rock Across America 1998 Tour. Most recently, the band contributed tracks to a UK vinyl/CD tribute to the Redskins and collaborated on a track with Italian novelist Enrico Remmert.
He's produced three installments of the "OMCD" series of local music compilations for OnMilwaukee.com and in 2007 produced a CD of Italian music and poetry.
In 2005, he was awarded the City of Asti's (Italy) Journalism Prize for his work focusing on that area. He has also won awards from the Milwaukee Press Club.
He has be heard on 88Nine Radio Milwaukee talking about his "Urban Spelunking" series of stories, in that station's most popular podcast.
