Finding great art…in a box

Finding great art…in a box

TCD is pleased to welcome renowned artist, educator and founder of Merge Gallery, Valerie Christell, as our newest visual arts contributor. This week, she suffers through Bravo's latest stab at combining art with television, and lives to talk about it.

Review: Hamlisch’s Patriotic Pops
Review

Hamlisch’s Patriotic Pops

The MSO's closing program is more Americana than Americanism, as Hamlisch minimizes the jingo and maximizes the jingle.

Friday Photos Friday, 11. June 2010

Friday Photos Friday, 11. June 2010

UrbanMilwaukee.com Vists the Pedal Tavern Erie Street Plaza Lakeshore State Park Discovery World Denis Sullivan + Discovery World

Moving Pictures: Please Give
Moving Pictures

Please Give

Catherine Keener and Oliver Platt play a couple who sell what the dead leave behind. It's like something out of a Woody Allen film, but with less artfulness and subtlety.

Piss Piss Piss Moan Moan Moan/Fahri and more at the Borg Ward

Piss Piss Piss Moan Moan Moan/Fahri and more at the Borg Ward

No need to bring your test tubes, tonight's experiments at the Borg Ward are all auditory and visual.

Common Council Meeting

Common Council Meeting

City Hall 200 East Wells St. Common Council Chambers Milwaukee, WI 53202 Agenda

Historic Preservation Commission Meeting

Historic Preservation Commission Meeting

The Milwaukee Historic Preservation Commission (HPC) administers Milwaukee’s historic preservation ordinance, adopted in 1981, which provides certain kinds of legal protection for buildings or sites that have been declared historic by the Common Council. The HPC is responsible for designating historic landmarks and historic districts and for approving Certificates of Appropriateness (COAs) for permission to alter historic buildings. The HPC meets monthly on Mondays in City Hall, Room 301A, 200 E. Wells Street at 4:00 P.M. unless otherwise indicated. Agenda

Is this really the future of bus transit?

Is this really the future of bus transit?

Officials predict a $10.2 million budget shortage in 2011 which could lead to a 14 percent route reduction. It's time to save MCTS.

Happy Hour: El Vencedor
Happy Hour

El Vencedor

Daniel Dufek offers up a fragrant and spicy twist on a classic summer cocktail, just in time for another warm weekend in Milwaukee.

Restoration drama

Restoration drama

Painter, muralist and expert restorer Andy DeWeerdt needs to clear his studio full of artifacts before moving to Oregon. The Portrait Society Gallery is happy to help.

This Week at the MSO Pops: An early July 4
This Week at the MSO Pops

An early July 4

Marvin Hamlisch ends the orchestra season with patriotic numbers by songwriters whose hearts beat true to the red, white and blue.

Reviewed: Three 6 Mafia and the Authority at the Rave, or, Total Weaksauce.
Reviewed

Three 6 Mafia and the Authority at the Rave, or, Total Weaksauce.

Sanam heads to the Rave for the Oscar-winning rap act, and leaves...half-satisfied. That's not a euphemism.