Blue Sky Sustainability Lunch

Blue Sky Sustainability Lunch

Inspired by the success of Green Drinks Milwaukee. The idea is to get folks together to talk about sustainability, to network and build momentum for the sea change in sustainable consciousness that is on its way! Buy your own lunch and/or beverages, and get in there and meet people! No RSVP necessary and feel free to pass this around. Every fourth Tuesday at NOON held at the Milwaukee Public Market, 400 N. Water Street. Meet in the 2nd floor common area. For more information, contact Mike Mangan at ebikemike@yahoo.com

Derby Little Secrets: Bruisers head for the big time!
Derby Little Secrets

Bruisers head for the big time!

The Shevils head for the championships and the Crazy 8's go winless. April's bout was hard-hitting, fast-moving and full of surprises. Here's the dirt.

Review: American Fiesta at Renaissance Theaterworks
Review

American Fiesta at Renaissance Theaterworks

Can a mixing bowl serve as a metaphor for political and idealogical acceptance in the modern world?

Review: Youngblood Theatre runs deep for laughs
Review

Youngblood Theatre runs deep for laughs

It's a play about a desperate boiler room fund-drive. Wait; it's about superheroes. No, it's about a theater company. Or it's about Shakespeare...

ADversary: Culture Jamming the cereal aisle
ADversary

Culture Jamming the cereal aisle

Is General Mills funding rain forest destruction? The short answer: maybe

Mr. & Mrs. M.: Mona’s Turkish Shawerma House
Mr. & Mrs. M.

Mona’s Turkish Shawerma House

Mr. & Mrs. M. prepare for a trip overseas with a visit to this East Side gem.

Threads: Fashionably responsible
Threads

Fashionably responsible

In honor of Earth Week, Threads offers a few local options for environmentally responsible shopping.

Review: The MSO, de Waart and cellist Joe Johnson
Review

The MSO, de Waart and cellist Joe Johnson

Johnson is marvelous in Saint-Saens Cello Concerto, and de Waart and the orchestra get to the heart of Faure and Tchaikovsky.

PODCAST: Anjl Rodee of the Whiskey Belles
PODCAST

Anjl Rodee of the Whiskey Belles

Backstage wraps its Milwaukee Music series with Anjl Rodee of vintage country trio the Whiskey Belles

Friday Photos Friday, 23. April 2010

Friday Photos Friday, 23. April 2010

Boiler House – Building 10 Blue Ribbon Lofts Building 10 and Building 14 McKinley Avenue Building 10

Rebuild the Grid

Rebuild the Grid

A variety of infrastructure improvements can be utilized to build a quality city, big items such as well designed parks, and little things such as eliminating unnecessary curb cuts can all play a role. Recently, the City of Milwaukee has been moving forward with street improvements such as the "complete street" reconstruction of S. 2nd Street in Walker's Point which is scheduled for construction this summer, and the conversion of one-way streets to two-way streets such as the E. State Street project currently under construction, but there is more that can be done to enhance streets in Milwaukee to build a better city.

“But to get back to your question:” Crispin Glover confounds and enthralls
“But to get back to your question

” Crispin Glover confounds and enthralls

Crispin Glover leaves the Oriental Theater giddy, exhausted and thoroughly disturbed.