Arts & Entertainment

The Rep’s Dan Kazemi puts the music in “Ragtime”

The Rep’s Dan Kazemi puts the music in “Ragtime”

Kazemi, who helped Mark Clements launch the Rep's first musicals on the Quadracci Powerhouse, talks about crafting the epic sound of their latest show.

MKE This Week: Fall into Fun
MKE This Week

Fall into Fun

The Rep's biggest show ever, Quasimondo revamps at Villa Terrace, the MSO does Tchaikovsky, and Doors Open in MIlwaukee and Cedarburg to welcome the fall season.

The Season Ahead: Next Act Theatre
The Season Ahead

Next Act Theatre

David Cecsarini opens the season with "Perfect Mendacity," a complex play about truth and deception, but it's just one of Next Act's diverse offerings this year.

Steve Rowell speaks about “Uncanny Sensing” at Inova

Steve Rowell speaks about “Uncanny Sensing” at Inova

The Chicago-based artist spent a year in Green Bay, collecting images and video juxtaposing the human, animal, and natural environment of the north woods. The exhibition closes Sunday.

Current Tendencies with a Twist

Current Tendencies with a Twist

The recently opened Current Tendencies III exhibition at the Haggerty Museum of Art showcases work by nine Milwaukee artists with a twist.

MKE This Week: Sounds on Stage
MKE This Week

Sounds on Stage

Many musical openings from Milwaukee Opera Theater, Present Music and Early Music Now, as well as opera lessons from Viswa Subbaraman and playwrights staging their own works.

Opera 101: The Skylight demystifies its art form at the Hotel Foster
Opera 101

The Skylight demystifies its art form at the Hotel Foster

New artistic director Viswa Subbaraman brings a series from Houston dedicated to educating people about opera terms and tunes.

Bounce & Strike: Al Moreland Boxing Club takes its amateur night to Turner Hall
Bounce & Strike

Al Moreland Boxing Club takes its amateur night to Turner Hall

The organization, one of the city's oldest boxing clubs, will throw its members, some as young as 9, into the ring tonight at 7 p.m.

TCD Art Date: To the moon and back
TCD Art Date

To the moon and back

This week's Art Date highlights exhibitions opening at Green Gallery and the Lynden Sculpture Garden, plus the extravaganza of the Third Ward Art Festival.

Taverns: All Irish at Paddy’s Pub
Taverns

All Irish at Paddy’s Pub

No video games or juke boxes, but a lot of Irish atmosphere here.

MKE This Week: Music in the air, theater under the bridge
MKE This Week

Music in the air, theater under the bridge

Live at Peck Pavilion, Luminous Theatre, hip-hoppers, the Summer Philharmonia get busy, and The Rep opens its season with a Tony Bennett homage.

“The Burden of Being”: It’s not that easy being green
“The Burden of Being”

It’s not that easy being green

Robby McGhee's ambitious new show at the Alchemist Theatre doesn't always get the tone right, but the puppet musical's successful moments are very good indeed.