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‘The Realness’ Captures Hip Hop Scene

Energetic Milwaukee Black Theatre Festival show deserves a bigger audience.

Milwaukee Arts Groups in Big Trouble

Huge declines in the percent of earned income are a very worrisome sign.

‘The Wolves’ Is Great Theater

Renaissance offers fast paced yet thoughtful staging of punchy new play by Sarah DeLappe about a girls soccer team.

Marcus Center Names New CEO

Kevin Giglinto will lead organization, replacing Kendra Whitlock Ingram.

Can Bipartisan Effort Save State Arts Funding?

Wisconsin ranks 50th in arts support. Group of 'heavy hitters' hopes to change that.

Lots of Events Planned For Holiday Weekend

And all are indoors, so you can stay as warm as a chestnut roasting on an open fire.

Milwaukee Theater District Launches “Best Seats in MKE” in lead up to Second-Annual Milwaukee Theater Week

First Stage Soars to New Heights with its 2024/25 Season

Disney favorites, evil queens, prehistoric adventures, holiday classics, and groovy, guitar-playing cats take center stage this season

A Create Your Own Adventure Play

Join Callaway Brown in this interactive, unforgettable adventure of a lifetime

Free Day + Celebration Commemorates Milwaukee Philanthropist Alfred Bader

For the third consecutive year, the Milwaukee Art Museum celebrates the birthday of the late Dr. Alfred Bader with Bader Philanthropies.

First Stage’s award-winning Young Company presents AN ENEMY OF THE PEOPLE

A searing examination of the intersection of politics and the public good

Saturday, May 10, 2025

Milwaukee’s premier black-tie event for the entire family will be held at Baird Center