Arts & Entertainment

Review: Great to Be Here in… What Town?
Review

Great to Be Here in… What Town?

Blitzen Trapper and Drive-By Truckers play well, but have trouble connecting to Milwaukee.

Booked Up: The Ultimate Prison Novel
Booked Up

The Ultimate Prison Novel

The Enchanted is a first novel that magically captures the horror and humanity of prisons.

Classical: Mussolini Meets Cleopatra?
Classical

Mussolini Meets Cleopatra?

Florentine sets Julius Caesar in Fascist Italy, in huge production that requires jazz-like improvisation from performers.

Profile: 40 Years as a Photographer
Profile

40 Years as a Photographer

Frank Ford has shot everyone from Mayor Maier to Paul Cebar to Divine to Richard Avedon.

Theater: Fastest Plays of the Year
Theater

Fastest Plays of the Year

The annual Rep Lab features an ever-changing festival of 10 plays, some as short as two minutes long.

Taverns: Have You Closed Wolski’s?
Taverns

Have You Closed Wolski’s?

It's bumper stickers have brought the bar world-wide fame.

Comedy: Nosy People Make Good Comedians
Comedy

Nosy People Make Good Comedians

Milwaukee comic Rodney Burayidi develops material by eavesdropping at coffee houses.

Arts Roundup: All That Jazz
Arts Roundup

All That Jazz

The “Newport Jazz Festival: Now 60” tour comes to town boasting a great lineup of jazz stars.

Rock Roundup: Play Ball, Soon
Rock Roundup

Play Ball, Soon

Opening Day is here and so are five shows that are much warmer than the weather.

Dining: Suppose We Don’t Crawl
Dining

Suppose We Don’t Crawl

Taking note of the endless winter, the March Dishcrawl was inside at one location (with three vendors), but still delicious.

Visual Art: Yes, There is a Cow Painting
Visual Art

Yes, There is a Cow Painting

New survey of contemporary Wisconsin art blends tradition with a modernist spirit.

Booked Up: Science With a Side of Humor
Booked Up

Science With a Side of Humor

Michio Kaku’s The Future of the Mind deftly explores the brain, adding speculation and witty asides.