TCD 2009 Halloween Guide!

TCD 2009 Halloween Guide!

Haunted houses, pumpkin farms and favorite fall haunts are on the horizon.

New Land Enterprises’ Bookends Project To Go Before City Plan Commission (Renderings)

New Land Enterprises’ Bookends Project To Go Before City Plan Commission (Renderings)

The Bookends, proposed by New Land Enterprises, will go before the Milwaukee City Plan Commission on October 19th, 2009 to gain approval of a change in zoning to a detailed plan development.

The Way It Wasn’t: Midwest Murals at Grohmann Museum
The Way It Wasn’t

Midwest Murals at Grohmann Museum

These murals are gussied-up imaginings of an America that never was.

Mr. and Mrs. M: Mission to Mars — A visit to the Cheese Castle
Mr. and Mrs. M

Mission to Mars — A visit to the Cheese Castle

It’s a place for a novel lunch, particularly as an alternative to the ubiquitous fast-food franchises that line the freeway.

The 200 Empty Units in Park Lafayette Are Not The End of Milwaukee Development

The 200 Empty Units in Park Lafayette Are Not The End of Milwaukee Development

Yesterday it was announced that prominent East Side development Park Lafayette is being foreclosed on by Anglamated Bank of New York, the primary lender on the project. Not surprising to those who have seen the massive towers, Anglamated Bank is claiming they are owed nearly $100 million by Renaissant Lafayette LLC, an affiliate of Renaissant Development Group. Renaissant Development Group is led by prominent Chicago developer Warren Barr. Park Lafayette was Barr's first entry into the Milwaukee market. While the foreclosure is certainly bad news for Barr and the bank, it's not necessarily all bad news for Milwaukee.

What Would Alderman Donovan Do?

What Would Alderman Donovan Do?

The 2010 City of Milwaukee budget faces a series of hurdles. There is the $50 million pension fund contribution, brought on because of the stock market crash. There is also the $33 million decline in property tax levy due to declining home values.

Review: Spring Awakening at the Marcus Center
Review

Spring Awakening at the Marcus Center

"Awakening" is vibrant, showy, rebellious and perhaps unlike anything the regular theatergoer has seen before.

Divisionaries: Week 4 — Favre Fuels Fans’ Fury
Divisionaries

Week 4 — Favre Fuels Fans’ Fury

Divisionaries recaps Monday night's Favrian drama and unveils a few Packers logo redesigns of its own.

The man behind the ‘Pennyworth’ mysteries

The man behind the ‘Pennyworth’ mysteries

Milwaukee trial lawyer and author Michael Bowen has two well-known local actors help out at tonight's Boswell Books reading.

PODCAST: Trial and error with Dwellephant
PODCAST

Trial and error with Dwellephant

Dwellephant will try anything once, and he's not afraid if he fails. A hand-painted graphic novel? Live art? Political cartoons? Why not!

Update: Met Auditions Winners
Update

Met Auditions Winners

The Wisconsin District will send a record six singers to the regionals in Minneapolis.

Spring Awakening’s Jake Epstein talks about the musical

Spring Awakening’s Jake Epstein talks about the musical

The former "DeGrassi" actor and musician discusses his transition to the stage.