The Florentine’s “Carmen”: Uneven, but sizzling
The Florentine’s “Carmen”

Uneven, but sizzling

The Florentine cast of Bizet's most famous opera takes a while to warm up, but then this "Carmen" gets hot.

Threads: Top 5 Makeup Trends for Fall
Threads

Top 5 Makeup Trends for Fall

Threads writer Laura Hiatt offers five colorful, bold options for women looking to shake up their cosmetics routine for the fall.

Present Dance (and music too)

Present Dance (and music too)

Present Music turns over the stage to dancers from the Milwaukee Ballet and UWM. Repeat performance Saturday (10/27).

STRIPWAX: Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, Heavy Hand, and stuff related
STRIPWAX

Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, Heavy Hand, and stuff related

Jeff Moody covers two things at once this week with Heavy Hand's debut EP and the John Spencer Blues Explosion's first release of the decade.

Friday Photos: Small Pleasures
Friday Photos

Small Pleasures

A number of smaller construction projects are underway to improve downtown properties

Off the Wall’s “Trainspotting”: disturbing, amazing
Off the Wall’s “Trainspotting”

disturbing, amazing

Off the Wall Theatre stages Harry Gibson's adaptation with unnerving, incredible results.

“A Steady Rain” a gripping, relentless tale

“A Steady Rain” a gripping, relentless tale

Original cast members Randy Steinmeyer and Peter DeFaria never lose focus in this revived Chicago cop drama, visiting Next Act this weekend only.

Murphy’s Law: How to Prevent Gun Rampages
Murphy’s Law

How to Prevent Gun Rampages

No one is talking about the real legal changes that might have prevented the Brookfield spa shootings.

Winners & Losers: TCD’s week in review
Winners & Losers

TCD’s week in review

Dan Shafer runs down the winners and losers of the past week in Wisconsin. Plus, a few words on the tragic shooting in Brookfield.

Moving Pictures: “The Other Dream Team”
Moving Pictures

“The Other Dream Team”

This doc on Lithuania's ragtag 1992 Olympic basketball team, supported by unlikely allies the Grateful Dead, is a powerful allegory for their struggles with the USSR.

Photo Gallery: Sydney HiH Retrospective
Photo Gallery

Sydney HiH Retrospective

Gallery Night provided one last opportunity to experience the Sydney HiH.

Sleigh Bells shred Milwaukee a new one

Sleigh Bells shred Milwaukee a new one

Sleigh Bells dropped an absurd level of noise, talent and crazy at Turner Hall on Wednesday night.