Arts & Entertainment

Next Act puts faith in “Grace”

Next Act puts faith in “Grace”

Director David Cescarini talks about his season's last play, an exploration of how we believe what we believe in. Plus: Next Act's 2013-14 season announced.

Threads: Planning the perfect prom
Threads

Planning the perfect prom

Prom is one of those nights we all look forward to, and feeling confident is the most important accessory for a wonderful night. Here's how to dress your best.

MKE This Week: Where history and art collide
MKE This Week

Where history and art collide

MAM looks 125 years back, MSO's tribute to doo-wop, Renaissance Theaterworks fictionalizes an outsider artist, and the brand new Museum of Wisconsin Art.

MSO: Spectacular Baroque Singing
MSO

Spectacular Baroque Singing

Milwaukee Symphony guest soprano Yulia Van Doren, countertenor Daniel Taylor, conductor Nicholas McGegan deliver brilliant Handel, Pergolesi.

Comparing Notes: MSO’s Baroque program, Grizzly Bear’s Baroque pop
Comparing Notes

MSO’s Baroque program, Grizzly Bear’s Baroque pop

Tom Strini teaches Sahan Jayasuriya about countertenors and Handel arias; Sahan returns the favor with a primer on Grizzly's lush orchestrations, in the first installment of this new podcast series.

Threads: Mad Men fashion, inspired by MAM
Threads

Mad Men fashion, inspired by MAM

Tamara Leigh analyzes '60s fashion trends, on full display both on "Mad Men" and at the Milwaukee Art Museum's After Dark event last Friday.

MKE This Week: The road to April Fools is lined with Easter eggs
MKE This Week

The road to April Fools is lined with Easter eggs

Guitars at UWM, Peeps at Racine Art Museum, Handel at the MSO, Thao Nguyen at Turner Hall, comics at the Milwaukee Theatre and Sugar Maple and art meetups Friday and Saturday.

Milwaukee Rep’s 2013-14 Season: First Impressions
Milwaukee Rep’s 2013-14 Season

First Impressions

The Rep's season is extra-musical, with a stacked Stackner and two musicals ("Ragtime," "End of the Rainbow") in the Quadracci, but don't discount a take on Superman's creator, an adapted Iliad or the Stiemke Studio's options.

TCD Art Date: Milwaukee embraces Print Week
TCD Art Date

Milwaukee embraces Print Week

Kat breaks down a variety of locations to celebrate the de facto celebration centered around the SGCI Print:MKE conference – it's like Shark Week, but with art!

Backstage with Mark Metcalf: Ilana Setapen
Backstage with Mark Metcalf

Ilana Setapen

The Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra's associate concertmaster met with Mark to discuss her upcoming solo performance of Prokofiev's Violin Concerto No. 2 and more.

UWM, WPCA shows highlight print history

UWM, WPCA shows highlight print history

Print exhibitions at UWM and WPCA will get you warmed up for next week's PRINT:MKE art conference.

Ron OJ Parson set to retell “A Raisin in the Sun”

Ron OJ Parson set to retell “A Raisin in the Sun”

Lorraine Hansberry's groundbreaking play about a black family trying to pursue their dreams closes the Milwaukee Rep's season.