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New Year’s Eve with the Dead Man’s Carnival

New Year’s Eve with the Dead Man’s Carnival

While some clinked champagne glasses and sang 'Auld Lang Syne', we watched in morbid fascination the high-flying, comedic freakshow that is Dead Man's Carnival.

Countdown to 2011: Predictions and wishes for the New Year
Countdown to 2011

Predictions and wishes for the New Year

"Year's end is neither an end or a beginning, but a going on, with all the wisdom that experience can instill in us."

PODCAST: The Year in Review
PODCAST

The Year in Review

2010 was full of ups and downs. But hey... the weather was pretty good, right? This week, Mark and guest David Begel discuss the big stories of the year.

TCD’s Homemade Hangover Remedies

TCD’s Homemade Hangover Remedies

For those of us prone to NYE indulgence, TCD offers a few morning-after cures and tasty N/A cocktail recipes to ensure that the first day of 2011 is a good one.

Durst: 2010 Holiday Wi$h Li$t
Durst

2010 Holiday Wi$h Li$t

For those folks who didn't get the egregious booty they wanted this holiday, Will Durst offers up this scathingly incisive, yet curiously refreshing Wish List.

The Chocolate-Covered Crone: A Dem Bones Fairytale
The Chocolate-Covered Crone

A Dem Bones Fairytale

She dared to peek over the edge of the vat and tumble in. A few gulps and she was coated from head to toe. But beneath the chocolate crust, her heart beat on...

PODCAST: Holiday Tales: The Kelly Family Christmas Tree
PODCAST

Holiday Tales: The Kelly Family Christmas Tree

One season, many voices. To conclude TCD's Holiday Tales series, poetess Dasha Kelly eschews the traditional tannenbaum and creates a new Christmas tradition.

12 Songs Holiday Project: Milwaukee Choral Artists
12 Songs Holiday Project

Milwaukee Choral Artists

Wisconsin's leading female vocal ensemble offers a charming arrangement of "Silent Night," exclusively for the TCD/WMSE 12 Songs Holiday Project.

PODCAST: Holiday Tales : Twas the Night Before Christmas…
PODCAST

Holiday Tales : Twas the Night Before Christmas…

One season, many voices. This Christmas Eve, First Stage Children's Theatre Education Director Julia Magnasco offers a lively reading of a beloved poem.

TCD’s Holiday Wish List, pt 2: Sky’s the Limit
TCD’s Holiday Wish List, pt 2

Sky’s the Limit

What would you wish for if money and time were of no consequence? World Peace, exotic travel and canine companions top part two of TCD's Holiday Wish List.

Holiday Tales, pt. 5: The Gift of the Magi
Holiday Tales, pt. 5

The Gift of the Magi

One season, many voices. This week, Mark Metcalf reads "The Gift of the Magi," O. Henry's beloved tale of love, sacrifice and the true meaning of Christmas.

12 Songs Holiday Project: Celebrated Workingman & Orangutan
12 Songs Holiday Project

Celebrated Workingman & Orangutan

The Celebrated Workingman and Orangutan! combine forces with a fun ditty called "No More Christmas Suicide (Don't Make Baby Jesus Cry)"