Polish Fest lights up the lakefront

Polish Fest lights up the lakefront

Make room for pierogi and work on your best "na zdrowie!" Polish Fest is here and better than ever with a new Vodka Lounge and the return of the fireworks display.

Amy X Neuburg: Chops and charm for Present Music
Amy X Neuburg

Chops and charm for Present Music

Avant-garde diva, a big hit with Present Music in two prior visits, returns Saturday.

PODCAST: The Riverwest 24 – Community on two wheels
PODCAST

The Riverwest 24 – Community on two wheels

In July 600 cyclists will tour the streets of Riverwest as part of an exercise in stamina and camaraderie. Today, organizers discuss the origins of this fast-growing community event.

Late night passage of Wisconsin budget offers no changes

Late night passage of Wisconsin budget offers no changes

Wisconsin's Assembly approves the 2011-13 Biennial Budget days after public employees lose the ability to collectively bargain.

Know Milwaukee: Nino’s Bakery – A family affair
Know Milwaukee

Nino’s Bakery – A family affair

TCD explores the people and places that make Milwaukee great. Today: An Italian family bakery that has thrived for 40 years thanks to a strong family and a loyal community.

Durst: Weinergate
Durst

Weinergate

Once again, a political official loses their dignity at the hands of technology. In the case of Congressman Anthony Weiner, how do you parody a parody?

John Preece shines as Fiddler’s Tevye

John Preece shines as Fiddler’s Tevye

Fiddler on the Roof is a tradition that will thrill at the Marcus Center for the Performing Arts.

MSOE Parking Garage Proposal Needs Work

MSOE Parking Garage Proposal Needs Work

Talks between M&I, MSOE, and Milwaukee County regarding MSOE's proposed parking garage in the Park East have dragged on for months, and it is likely because of a new detail that makes a marginal project into a bad project.

Summer Portraits: Scenes from Pridefest
Summer Portraits

Scenes from Pridefest

We begin our new series profiling the vibrant sights of Milwaukee's festival season with a Sunday visit to Pridefest.

On Stage June 14: A surge of theater, and some avant-cabaret
On Stage June 14

A surge of theater, and some avant-cabaret

A Broadway smash hits town, Optimist Theatre takes Shakespeare outside again, and Amy X Neuburg comes to reinvent classical music.

A sisterhood of comedians takes aim at a new target: family
A sisterhood of comedians takes aim at a new target

family

The women of Broadminded Comedy bring their family's foibles on stage for (well-intentioned) laughs.

And the Presidential race begins

And the Presidential race begins

Seven Republican Presidential candidates show up in New Hampshire to debate. It's going to be a long 16 months.