Pop Culture

MKE This Week: Something to Celebrate
MKE This Week

Something to Celebrate

Polish Fest opens, John C. Reilly goes underground, the Fine Arts Quartet plays on, "Wicked" returns, MAM's "30 Americans," and UWM dances in sunshine and under the stars.

“The Walking Dead’s” zombie-killers come to Milwaukee

“The Walking Dead’s” zombie-killers come to Milwaukee

The Riverside Theater hosted Steven Yeun, Lauren Cohan, Norman Reedus, producer Greg Nicotero and a horde of rabid fans.

Review: Jim Gaffigan at the Pabst Theater
Review

Jim Gaffigan at the Pabst Theater

Gaffigan's act channels that hilarious suburban guy you met once at a party, who just got a break from his four kids.

Mondo Lucha! and YOU are there

Mondo Lucha! and YOU are there

Milwaukee's favorite Luchador-style wrestling, live music, and burlesque show returns to the Turner Hall Ballroom. A capsule in audio and pictures.

Radical marching band, radical noise

Radical marching band, radical noise

The Milwaukee Molotov Marchers are looking to shake up your next protest… if they can find some drummers.

TCD Exclusive: The Return of the King
TCD Exclusive

The Return of the King

King Gambrinus, the patron saint of brewing and a lost Milwaukee icon, has come home to its courtyard at Best Place.

Funny Muthas: An ode to TV moms
Funny Muthas

An ode to TV moms

In honor of Mother's Day, a former latch-key kid pays tribute to the funniest mamas from the small screen.

The 2011 Anime Convention, or “Why I Wish I Had a Costume”

The 2011 Anime Convention, or “Why I Wish I Had a Costume”

Milwaukee's annual event offered more cosplay, screenings, video and card games, exhibits, and guest stars than you could shake a bo staff at.

Online Dating: Doubleplusgood
Online Dating

Doubleplusgood

Before Match.com, people used to meet through happenstance. Now "meeting" someone is just a string of ones and zeros tested for compatibility in cyberspace.

ADversary: White Out
ADversary

White Out

Top-selling mag "Elle" is suspected to have dramatically lightened the skin of one of its cover models, furthering the harmful myth that whiter is better.

ADversary: DOOM!
ADversary

DOOM!

Ok, not really. But if the first pop culture headlines in 2011 are any indication, it's going to be a rough year.

ADversary: Favorite commercials of 2010
ADversary

Favorite commercials of 2010

After a disappointing batch of Super Bowl ads, the outlook for TV advertising seemed grim. Not so! My picks for some of the funnier ads of 2010.