Arts & Entertainment

Music: Plenty of Electricity
Music

Plenty of Electricity

Fine Arts Quartet excels in concert interrupted by campus police searching for electrical failure.

Photo Gallery: Summer Soulstice on North Ave.
Photo Gallery

Summer Soulstice on North Ave.

The East Side's first festival of the season keeps getting better and better.

Rock Roundup: Summerfest and Beyond
Rock Roundup

Summerfest and Beyond

The week’s five best concerts aren’t all at the Summerfest grounds.

Now Serving: Goodbye VIA on Downer
Now Serving

Goodbye VIA on Downer

Pizza place will close, to be replaced by Mexican-styled BelAir Cantina.

Movies: <i>The Rover</i> is Taut Spellbinder
Movies

The Rover is Taut Spellbinder

Guy Pearce stars in well-acted, mysterious, bloody film.

Movies: <i>Jersey Boys</i> Is a Lot of Fun
Movies

Jersey Boys Is a Lot of Fun

Story of Four Season’s rise and fall isn’t surprising but director Clint Eastwood makes it work.

Booked Up: The Mystery of Our Parents’ Divorce
Booked Up

The Mystery of Our Parents’ Divorce

In Mona Simpson’s novel, Casebook, teen boys do a Hardy Boys style investigation of parental problems.

Taverns: The Easy-Going Charm of Y-NOT II
Taverns

The Easy-Going Charm of Y-NOT II

No bar in town keeps longer hours -- or has had the same proprietor for so many years.

Sieger on Songs: Ten Monster Riffs
Sieger on Songs

Ten Monster Riffs

It started with the blues and then the Brits took over. Ten of the most influential riffs ever written.

Comedy: From Pakistan With Love
Comedy

From Pakistan With Love

Making his Milwaukee debut, comedian Kumail Nanjiani had the Turner Hall crowd in stitches last night.

Jazz in the Park: Questions for Hood Smoke
Jazz in the Park

Questions for Hood Smoke

The band’s leader, Chicago-based, Milwaukee native Bryan Doherty, got his start playing drums to Beatles songs.

Music: Ginger Baker Comes to Town
Music

Ginger Baker Comes to Town

Legendary drummer for Cream and Blind Faith now playing jazz.