Arts & Entertainment

“National Ransom” : Rich music for bankrupt times
“National Ransom”

Rich music for bankrupt times

This week in Stripwax: Elvis Costello critiques big banks, champions the plight of the working class and still manages not to be overtly political.

The Giving Season: Cranksgiving
The Giving Season

Cranksgiving

Local bike messengers offer a different approach to charitable giving with an annual food drive on two wheels.

The Giving Season: Feed Your Soul
The Giving Season

Feed Your Soul

Trendy yet unpretentious, pragmatic yet theoretical, Feed Your Soul combines the high-falutin’ nature of art with the very practical nature of charity work.

Election 2010: Hang on, it’s a Republican tidal wave
Election 2010

Hang on, it’s a Republican tidal wave

In Wisconsin, the GOP are awash in victory. But will Walker and Johnson sink or swim? And what is Russ Feingold planning for 2012?

Will Durst: Don’t vote
Will Durst

Don’t vote

If voting were actually effective, they would have been made it illegal by now, so just stay home today. It's not like one vote counts anyway, right?

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.