Arts & Entertainment

Smoke ’em while you got ’em: Landmark Lanes
Smoke ’em while you got ’em

Landmark Lanes

The Underground City will have to go smokeless July 5, forcing Bukowskis and frat kids alike to hike up and down to take a drag.

Smoke ’em while you got ’em: Regano’s Roman Coin
Smoke ’em while you got ’em

Regano’s Roman Coin

For me, Regano’s Roman Coin on Brady Street means several things: Christmas lights year round, regulars at all hours of the day, chili cook-offs, $1 mystery shots and smoke.

Smoke ’em while you got ’em: Dale’s of Milwaukee
Smoke ’em while you got ’em

Dale’s of Milwaukee

Over the next two weeks, the staff at TCD checks in at some of our favorite taverns to see how people feel about the idea of a smoke-free city, starting with Dale's of Milwaukee. While some count the days until July 5, Dale fears a drop in business and a spike in maintenance costs.

Optimist Theatre’s Tempest interrupted by tempest

Optimist Theatre’s Tempest interrupted by tempest

Milwaukee's only known Shakespeare in the Park this summer was a grand production -- until lightning and rain wrecked it.

Welcome new neighbors with new development

Welcome new neighbors with new development

Low-income housing is not a bad idea, it's just had a lot of bad press. The misconception that affordable housing automatically equates to crime is an assumption that is both unfair and uninformed.

Riverwest powers down for the environment

Riverwest powers down for the environment

How long can you go without using energy? Riverwest is challenging residents to a seven-day drastic reduction in energy usage, hoping to help Mother Earth and encourage community involvement.

PODCAST: The customer is always right
PODCAST

The customer is always right

Mixologist, bar chef, bartender.Call him whatever you like, but for Chad Doll of Bryant's it's always customers before cocktails.

5Q: Shelby Keefe
5Q

Shelby Keefe

The Milwaukee-based painter's work graces the poster for this year's Lakefront Festival of Arts, happening at the MAM this weekend.

Cowboy Down

Cowboy Down

Mister President, you are many things. But Chief Executive of Butt Kicking is not what we hired you for.

Keeping teachers in the classroom: the struggle continues at MPS
Keeping teachers in the classroom

the struggle continues at MPS

Hundreds gathered in front of the MPS administration building to protest the lay-offs of hundreds of teachers. But are these layoffs the fault of the MPS board or the Milwaukee Teachers' Education Association and its members?

View from the Waiting Room: Cure ailing schools to improve kids’ health
View from the Waiting Room

Cure ailing schools to improve kids’ health

Better education is related to better health.

The Destination: Steel Bridge, part 2
The Destination

Steel Bridge, part 2

The whole day is our blank canvas.Everyone is holding out for the encounter with the wild element, the magic thing that will set something in motion.