VITAL
A Tale of Two Shows
American Originals at the Milwaukee Art Museums takes a slice of artistic life at the turn of the twentieth century and puts together a double shot of shows with The Artistic Furniture of Charles Rohlfs and The Eight and American Modernisms. It's an interesting marriage of convenience as these exhibitions take up summer residence in the Baker/Rowland Gallery. They are arranged back-to-back, like friendly neighbors, but clearly delineated as separate entities, each with its own catalogue.
Jun 17th, 2009 by Kat Murrell
The Milwaukee Sound – Collections of Colonies of Bees
Fan-Belt's Erin Wolf sits down with Collections of Colonies of Bees to talk about their recent tour to Japan and what the future has in store for this dynamic group.
Jun 17th, 2009 by ThirdCoast Podcast
Red River
For years I thought John Wayne was a bad actor, indicative of that kind of Hollywood movie star who could play only a paper thin character, changing his hat maybe and not much more. I felt the same way about Marilyn Monroe until I saw Bus Stop, The Misfits, Some Like It Hot and The Seven Year Itch in a two day span on a little black and white television, hole up in my Lower East Side apartment in New York with no money and nothing to do. When you see them all at once you begin to think about what artists call a "body of work." You can see the subtlety of the changes. You can actually see the artist work, whereas before you were being fooled, as intended, and seeing just character.
Jun 17th, 2009 by Mark Metcalf
By The People, For The People?
The eyes of the world are focused on Iran where the will of the people is struggling to be heard. Here in Milwaukee the people spoke in favor of a paid sick leave mandate. So what's the difference?
Jun 17th, 2009 by Ted Bobrow
TCD’s Comment “Lottery” – where everyone’s a winner!
Thanks to all who tried their "luck" in our comment lottery! You're all winners in our hearts!
Jun 16th, 2009 by Jon Anne Willow
The 36-Hour Report
The TCD Editorial staff found this crazed dispatch, like a signal from a jam-band-packed corner of outer space, buried at the bottom of the email heap upon arrival at the office this morning. Sounds like quite a time. We've also taken the liberty of bringing you highlights from Howie's Twitter feed, so you can enjoy the madness, even if you're not the Twittering kind.
Jun 15th, 2009 by Amy Elliott
Twitter recap
For those of you who just can’t find it in your heart to Tweet, we present you with our favorite selections from Howie’s live coverage of Bonnaroo on the internet’s most adorable social media platform. If you’re one with the Twitternation, follow him now at twitter.com/easyotis or join your TCD friends at twitter.com/TCDigest. –Ed. June 11 1:44 AM #bonnaroo. We have arrived http://twitpic.com/73tu5 4:45 AM Feel good after an @magichat n 2 hrs sleep. Everyone who works at this Wal Mart hates hipsters n hippies alike. http://twitpic.com/73zkz 7:23 AM Unbridled enthusiasm abounds in #bonnaroo press office @bonnaroonews, where u at? http://twitpic.com/747qq 4:23 PM Alberta Cross: vocals like My Morning Jacket, lazy bass n kick drum like The Verve. UK accents like Arctic Monkeys http://twitpic.com/75jk7 4:33 PM @carlinkacarlota and a dude with parrot on his shoulder watching #alberta cross http://twitpic.com/75ki4 4:55 PM On top of ferris wheel…..aahhhhjh http://twitpic.com/75mmz 9:07 PM My fav port o poop http://twitpic.com/768y9 June 12 5:20 AM Good morn! Day 2 @bonnaroo. Press meeting at fri 11am, Girl Talk at sat 2am. What should we do in between? 7:35 AM Just overhead: dude, ” dude, I’ll trade u a pabst for a cigarette.” “dude, I’ll totally do that” #bonnaroo 7:37 AM Randomly seeing parrot guy again kicking it with Biker hippies n blow up doll #bonnaroo http://twitpic.com/772is 9:31 AM These walls were blank yesterday. #bonnaroo http://twitpic.com/77c7c June 13 7:00 AM Bon iver justin vernon (center) talks strategies used at fests to engage peeps: “ask the crowd to be your chorus” http://twitpic.com/7a6ly 7:03 AM Um, ground control to major tom, I think we’ve lost him #phish http://twitpic.com/7a6w2 11:03 PM Glowstick war at NIN. Ha June 14 5:02 PM RT @bonnaroonews: Trent Reznor says Bonnaroo his last US concert #bonnaroo ^JL http://bit.ly/1c4BxK 5:02 PM RT @SpinnerTweet: Final day #Bonnaroo. Did life ever exist before this? Is there still an outside world? Are showers still around? 5:03 PM RT @stereogum: Bonnaroo Sat. recap: Trent says goodbye, Bruce says Merry XMas. Lots of pics + video of new MGMT tune http://is.gd/11UdC
Jun 15th, 2009 by Howie Goldklang
June 16 to June 22
Gotta sing, gotta dance! Gotta thrill the whole world without pants! There's a great benefit show for the Milwaukee Gay Arts Center at the end of this week, a Chorus Line kick-steps off at the beginning of next week in what's lining up to be a stellar national tour season for the Marcus Center -- all the while Every Little Step screens in Milwaukee running up to that live show. Plus, the Florentine Opera plans on getting lots of fresh air at two events.
Jun 15th, 2009 by Brian Jacobson
Little Chicago (34-29)
As more than half of the Sunday crowd stood up and cheered for Mark Buerhle after he hit his first home run since high school, I saw the cliche'd writing on the wall: Milwaukee is destined to become a defacto territory of Chicago. It's really not that bad, Ken. Yes, it's going to take some adjustment, but why fight that which we cannot control.
Jun 14th, 2009 by Rob Vosters
Free Summer Music in Milwaukee County Parks
What's better than live music? We'll tell you what: FREE live music.
Jun 14th, 2009 by Laura Heller
June
Sure, June is well on its way, and with the advent of the first major festivals (PrideFest this past weekend, Polish Fest next weekend) and street parties (Locust Street Festival last weekend, Summer Soulstice on North Avenue this weekend), summer is officially here. Here's our slightly belated guide to everything you can do this month, all over Milwaukee, mostly for cheap or for free, in our beautiful and robust parks system, from glow-in-the-dark golf to beach volleyball to tranquil garden strolls.
Jun 14th, 2009 by Laura Heller
Adam Nilson’s Painted Beats
Photo dispatches from Adam Nilson's one-of-a-kind show of music and large-scale murals at the Beloit Fine Art Incubator...
Jun 10th, 2009 by Alice Waraxa
