Arts & Entertainment

Comedy: You Can Be the Comedian
Comedy

You Can Be the Comedian

Todd Barry is touring without material, riffing with and featuring audience members. It’s funny.

Arts Roundup: Dancers Who Defy Gravity
Arts Roundup

 Dancers Who Defy Gravity

The human pretzels of the Pilobolus dance troupe perform this week at the Wilson Center.

Review: Not Going Gently Into That Good Night
Review

Not Going Gently Into That Good Night

Next Act’s Three Views offers funny, insulting, despairing, poignant look at old age.

Rock Roundup: Great Music, Less Regurgitation
Rock Roundup

Great Music, Less Regurgitation

Five great acts coming to town, none of whom feature any Lady Gaga-style grossness.

Review: Summoning the Spirit of Jimi
Review

Summoning the Spirit of Jimi

Experience Hendrix 2014 Tour offered over a dozen musicians and lots of sizzling solos.

Review: How to Mesmerize An Audience
Review

How to Mesmerize An Audience

St. Vincent’s live show at the Pabst was a stunning mix of show biz and seductive music.

Review: By The End I Was Bewitched
Review

By The End I Was Bewitched

Milwaukee Ballet offers varied set of three dances with a boffo ending.

Visual Art: The Woman With The Feline Ears
Visual Art

The Woman With The Feline Ears

Tory Folliard Gallery’s show features a menagerie of fanciful figures in clay.

Booked Up: How Monsters Eat the Town of Ealing, Iowa
Booked Up

How Monsters Eat the Town of Ealing, Iowa

Grasshopper Jungle is a teen fiction book with sex, drugs, rock’n’roll-- and giant praying mantises.

The Salvation of the Symphony

The Salvation of the Symphony

Last weekend’s Beethoven Festival saved my soul. This weekend’s concert could so the same for you.

Classical: Celtic Soul Star Comes to Town
Classical

Celtic Soul Star Comes to Town

World-renowned Irish singer Iarla Ó Lionáird joins Present Music

Taverns: Serving Beer Since 1884
Taverns

Serving Beer Since 1884

The Uptowner is the city's oldest continuously-running tavern.