Martinifest, Doing Milwaukee Proud

From The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel :

“People were shoving people over. People were getting sick, screaming, shouting, messing with the artwork.”

A group of four young men climbed onto “Standing Woman,” a tall, bronze sculpture of a goddess-like woman with exaggerated features by early 20th-century American artist Gaston Lachaise.

“They were standing on it, grabbing the boobs, and somebody was just taking pictures with a cell phone,” said Laura Collins, 35.

Thirty dollar unlimited martinis and an art museum. Were they surprised this happened? Wonder if anybody was scrubbing puke off the artwork?

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#1 » Liability Insurance anyone? on 05.04.06 at 8:50 am

[...] What prompted the article was the recent and by all reports out of control all-you-can-drink for $30.00 Martini-fest (First Annual) held at the Milwaukee Art Museum. Hmmm. [...]

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