Arts & Entertainment

The Giving Season

The Giving Season

In November, TCD shares some of the region’s most creative – and important – efforts to help those in need.

Election 5Q: Russ Feingold
Election 5Q

Russ Feingold

Russ has been Wisconsin's maverick, but is that enough for voters in 2010?

Threads: No costume? No problem
Threads

No costume? No problem

Pre-packaged Halloween costumes are boring --and expensive. You needn't look any further than your nearest thrift store and your own imagination for ideas.

Review: Milwaukee Ballet’s “Esmeralda”
Review

Milwaukee Ballet’s “Esmeralda”

Michael Pink's "Hunchback" returns with a new name, a cleaner look, a super cast. But it remains overwrought.

Milwaukee Short Film Festival lights up the Lubar this weekend

Milwaukee Short Film Festival lights up the Lubar this weekend

One more proof that Milwaukee has been a "film town" for years, 12-year old MSFF just keeps getting better.

One Piece at a Time: “In the Catskills” with George Inness
One Piece at a Time

“In the Catskills” with George Inness

Picking up where Tom Strini's summer series left off, Judith Ann Moriarty spends an afternoon with the work of a self-taught painter at the Charles Allis Museum.

On Stage 10/26-11/1: Freaky theater, cinematic chamber music
On Stage 10/26-11/1

Freaky theater, cinematic chamber music

Youngblood stages Freakshow in a warehouse, and Chamber Music Milwaukee shows the arty side of movie composers.

“We have to save our nation’s children”

“We have to save our nation’s children”

Geoffrey Canada, founder of the Harlem Children's Zone, says we are the supermen our school children need.

Threads: Halloween, celebrity style
Threads

Halloween, celebrity style

How to spoof your favorite (or least favorite) celebrities this Halloween. Think fake tans, bump-its and colors so bright they should be illegal.

Election 5Q: 4th Congressional candidate Dan Sebring
Election 5Q

4th Congressional candidate Dan Sebring

To dream the impossible dream - Dan Sebring seeks to be first GOP congressman from Wisconsin's 4th Congressional District.

PODCAST: Survivor Stories
PODCAST

Survivor Stories

In honor of Breast Cancer Awareness Month, Backstage begins a new series talking to Milwaukee women in various stages of their own battles with breast cancer.

Food for thought at the LGBT Film & Video Festival

Food for thought at the LGBT Film & Video Festival

The vitriol aimed at the gay community lately is almost unbearable.Thankfully, the 2010 LGBT Film Fest is packed with plenty of cinematic cures to heal the soul.