Arts & Entertainment

Threads: Stepping out this summer in style
Threads

Stepping out this summer in style

Tamara Leigh offers options for festival- and concert-goers alike, to ensure you're looking as good as possible when you're out in the summer sun.

“Wicked,” still defying gravity, at the Marcus Center

“Wicked,” still defying gravity, at the Marcus Center

The touring company fits perfectly into Stephen Schwartz's now-classic musical, and shouldn't be missed while it's in Milwaukee.

Third Coast Daily’s 2013-14 Performing Arts Guide

Third Coast Daily’s 2013-14 Performing Arts Guide

We take a look ahead at the comprehensive, in-progress collection of 2013-14 season listings from Milwaukee's theater, music, dance and other performing arts companies.

MKE This Week: Celebrating the Past in the Present
MKE This Week

Celebrating the Past in the Present

Historical plays open at Uprooted Theater and American Players Theatre, MSO Pops focuses on Mad Men, PianoArts holds a festival that follows the evolution of music and Pridefest kicks off the festival season.

Backstage with Mark Metcalf: Filmmaker Ryan Sarnowski
Backstage with Mark Metcalf

Filmmaker Ryan Sarnowski

Mark talks to the doc|UWM co-director about the film program, his history with documentaries and his latest project: a doc following the last acolyte of a religion/social movement called Lawsonomy.

“Now You See Me” short on movie magic

“Now You See Me” short on movie magic

While the cast of actors is astounding, director Louis Leterrier isn't on the same level, dragging down the film with dull special effects.

“The Agony and the Ecstasy of Steve Jobs”: Thought-provoking theater
“The Agony and the Ecstasy of Steve Jobs”

Thought-provoking theater

Robby McGhee expertly channels monologist Mike Daisey in this one-man show about the history of Apple Inc. and the conditions of the Chinese factory workers they employ.

MKE This Week: 2012-13 season not quite done
MKE This Week

2012-13 season not quite done

BB King gets the Riverside Blues, the MSO ends classical season with epic Elgar, fairway farce at Sunset Playhouse, Bay View's Gallery Night, Highland Games in Tosa.

TCD’s 2013 Farmers Market Guide

TCD’s 2013 Farmers Market Guide

Farmers markets are sprouting up all over southeastern Wisconsin, and TCD has your comprehensive guide to a season of healthful, flavorful, local eating.

World’s Stage brings “Waiting” to Milwaukee…and beyond

World’s Stage brings “Waiting” to Milwaukee…and beyond

Bob Kelly and Kelly Pomeroy's song cycle will travel to New York after its Milwaukee premiere this week, to be performed at the Off-Broadway Cherry Lane Theater.

Threads: Fashion Forward in Milwaukee
Threads

Fashion Forward in Milwaukee

Kohl's Design It! Labs and Discovery World tag teamed with Mount Mary College for an event that offered local fashion artists a chance to unveil their forward-looking work.

MKE This Week: Big Names, New Faces
MKE This Week

Big Names, New Faces

De Waart conducts Brahms at the MSO, Present Music's "Multitude" finale, a New York-bound song cycle from World's Stage.