Summerfest, it seems, isn't on the New York Times radar.
A Sunday special section called "Summer Stages" on nytimes.com and inside the print edition of the New York daily featured previews of many of this summer's music, theater and dance festivals.
The music festivals guide, titled "In a Stadium, Or in a Pool, Bands Galore," previewed 35 music festivals in 12 states and Canada. Nowhere in the extensive list was there even a mention of the World's Greatest Music Festival, Milwaukee's own Summerfest. And, Wisconsin, as a whole, didn't receive a single mention in any of the guides.
Come on, New York! We have one of the longest running (11 days) and most diverse music festivals around and it's the 40th Anniversary this year!
How about a little love?
A life-long and passionate community leader and Milwaukeean, Jeff Sherman is a co-founder of OnMilwaukee.
He grew up in Wauwatosa and graduated from Marquette University, as a Warrior. He holds an MBA from Cardinal Stritch University, and is the founding president of Young Professionals of Milwaukee (YPM)/Fuel Milwaukee.
Early in his career, Sherman was one of youngest members of the Greater Milwaukee Committee, and currently is involved in numerous civic and community groups - including board positions at The Wisconsin Center District, Wisconsin Club and Marcus Center for the Performing Arts. He's honored to have been named to The Business Journal's "30 under 30" and Milwaukee Magazine's "35 under 35" lists.
He owns a condo in Downtown and lives in greater Milwaukee with his wife Stephanie, his son, Jake, and daughter Pierce. He's a political, music, sports and news junkie and thinks, for what it's worth, that all new movies should be released in theaters, on demand, online and on DVD simultaneously.
He also thinks you should read OnMilwaukee each and every day.
