Threads: Paris street fashion
Threads

Paris street fashion

After a few weeks abroad, Maya McDonald returns to Milwaukee with a glimpse of what Parisian fashion trends may be making their way across the pond this year.

Avant Garde Coffeehouse remembered at Inova

Avant Garde Coffeehouse remembered at Inova

Cafes as counterculture hotspots were widespread in the 1960s, and the multifaceted Avant Garde Coffeehouse Project reflects on one example from Milwaukee's past.

Eyes on Milwaukee: The New Third Ward Alterra’s Design
Eyes on Milwaukee

The New Third Ward Alterra’s Design

Here are the renderings of a design that embraces the street and bicycle culture.

Murphy’s Law: The Mystery of Sanfelippo’s Taxicab Empire
Murphy’s Law

The Mystery of Sanfelippo’s Taxicab Empire

Why is Rep. Joe Sanfelippo the registered agent for all of his brother’s many companies?

The New Czar of Community Safety

The New Czar of Community Safety

A partnership between the Milwaukee Police and a community organization will pay for a new leader to work on collaborative solutions to crime.

MKE This Week: Award-winners and stars abound
MKE This Week

Award-winners and stars abound

The Rep hosts a tribute to Janis Joplin, Windfall performs a Sondheim classic, the MSO features a visiting violinist, and two Skylight favorites host a cabaret-esque show.

In Tandem’s “Apartment 3A” delivers constant, sharp humor

In Tandem’s “Apartment 3A” delivers constant, sharp humor

In Tandem Theatre closes its season with Jeff Daniels' "Apartment 3A" and its witty answers to life's big, pesky questions.

Footnotes to Evil: Alchemist’s “House of Horrors”
Footnotes to Evil

Alchemist’s “House of Horrors”

Aaron Kopec's second play about H.H. Holmes gets into the serial killer's head.

Newaukeean of the Week: Danya Strait
Newaukeean of the Week

Danya Strait

After stops in Madison and Atlanta, Strait realized that Milwaukee is where she wants to be.

Milwaukee’s Time of Terror

Milwaukee’s Time of Terror

A new book recounts the police station bombing of 1917, and Clarence Darrow’s defense of the anarchists charged with the crime.

Photo Gallery: Soldiers Home Becomes National Historic Landmark
Photo Gallery

Soldiers Home Becomes National Historic Landmark

The National Park Service honors the Soldiers Home complex, whose classic buildings are the oldest in the nation still standing from Civil War days.

Backstage with Mark Metcalf: Carlo Besasie
Backstage with Mark Metcalf

Carlo Besasie

The Milwaukee director talks with Mark about his career thus far and the changing landscape of modern filmmaking.