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Milwaukee This Week: Classic fall offerings return
Milwaukee This Week

Classic fall offerings return

The MSO does Concertos for Orchestra, while classic autumnal events like Oktoberfest, ARToberfest, the annual Film Fest and the Alchemist Halloween show round out the week.

Prometheus Trio and Fine Arts Quartet open the chamber music season

Prometheus Trio and Fine Arts Quartet open the chamber music season

Milwaukee's premier resident trio and quartet launch the fall season this weekend with a mix of favorites and rarely heard more recent works.

Volcano Choir making a rare appearance at the Pabst

Volcano Choir making a rare appearance at the Pabst

Fresh off the set of Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, this collaboration of Wisconsin musicians will return to town as part of the tour for "Repave," their new album.

Augustin Hadelich returns, alongside seductive Ravel and Stravinsky

Augustin Hadelich returns, alongside seductive Ravel and Stravinsky

The Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra will pair an entertaining Stravinsky violin concerto with Ravel's exotic score for "Daphnis et Chloe."

The Zombies return to Milwaukee, this time at the Pabst

The Zombies return to Milwaukee, this time at the Pabst

The classic '60s band might have been a footnote in history, were it not for their masterpiece "Odessey and Oracle," a post-breakup album that would later be the defining Summer of Love sound.

Photo Gallery: Global Union 2013
Photo Gallery

Global Union 2013

Artists from Sierra Leone, Pakistan, Canada and Milwaukee itself provided the soundtrack to Alverno Presents' annual world music fest.

The Season Ahead: Skylight Music Theatre
The Season Ahead

Skylight Music Theatre

Viswa Subbaraman, the new artistic director at the Skylight, talks about his revolutionary inaugural season, beginning with a Bollywood-flavored "Fidelio."

Gathering Threads: A thumbnail diary of a commission
Gathering Threads

A thumbnail diary of a commission

TCD's David Bohn on discovering the bayan, working with virtuoso Stas Venglevski, and creating an original composition (debuting this Friday at UWM).

Andreas Delfs returns to open the fall MSO season

Andreas Delfs returns to open the fall MSO season

Guest pianist Jeremy Denk will also join for Liszt's first piano concerto, but the program's centerpiece is a performance of Tchaikovsky's Fourth Symphony.

Youth Lagoon to play the Pabst Theater tonight

Youth Lagoon to play the Pabst Theater tonight

The indie pop act is set to perform at the Pabst Theater this evening, touring in support of their new album Wondrous Bughouse.

MKE This Week: Quality Over Quantity
MKE This Week

Quality Over Quantity

There's only a few theater and music events on stage this weekend, including a 'Grey Gardens" musical and Youth Lagoon, but consider it an appetizer for the fall arts rush next week.

The Season Ahead: Present Music
The Season Ahead

Present Music

Artistic director Kevin Stalheim talks about "Inuksuit," their 99-percussionist season opener at Lynden Square Garden, and the unique, inventive season to come.