The glistening white Santiago Calatrava addition has made the Milwaukee Art Museum one of the city’s classiest social addresses. But a recent martini f\u00eate held there turned into an overcrowded, drunken affair. Some unruly guests accosted artworks, which have been taken off display for a checkup.<\/p>\n
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 and held at the museum Feb. 11, according to several people who attended or worked at the event.<\/p>\n
“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.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Um … I don’t think the problem was that a lower class of people can’t help getting sloshed on martinis. If it had been $100 or $200 instead of $30, there would still have been problems with an open martini bar, methinks.<\/p>\n
At the event, several vendors ran out of food, drink mix and vodka early on. Some who ran out of mix started pouring straight shots of vodka, according to several accounts.<\/p>\n
“We were hoping for a little sophistication, maybe,” said Casey Rataczak, 27, a Wicked Hop bartender. “People were shoving their martini glasses in my face and not wanting to talk about the product . . . they were just worked up about getting their booze.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Obviously hoi-polloi<\/em>. True sophisticated patrons of the arts never get worked up about booze.<\/p>\n(via Mary)<\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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