Pop Culture
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MKE This Week
Something to Celebrate
Jun 11th, 2013 by Hannah McCarthyPolish 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.
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“The Walking Dead’s” zombie-killers come to Milwaukee
Feb 17th, 2013 by Christina WrightThe Riverside Theater hosted Steven Yeun, Lauren Cohan, Norman Reedus, producer Greg Nicotero and a horde of rabid fans.
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Review
Jim Gaffigan at the Pabst Theater
Dec 31st, 2011 by Brian JacobsonGaffigan's act channels that hilarious suburban guy you met once at a party, who just got a break from his four kids.
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Mondo Lucha! and YOU are there
Oct 13th, 2011 by Brian JacobsonMilwaukee's favorite Luchador-style wrestling, live music, and burlesque show returns to the Turner Hall Ballroom. A capsule in audio and pictures.
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Radical marching band, radical noise
Jun 27th, 2011 by DJ HostettlerThe Milwaukee Molotov Marchers are looking to shake up your next protest… if they can find some drummers.
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TCD Exclusive
The Return of the King
May 23rd, 2011 by Brian JacobsonKing Gambrinus, the patron saint of brewing and a lost Milwaukee icon, has come home to its courtyard at Best Place.
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Funny Muthas
An ode to TV moms
May 8th, 2011 by Erin PetersenIn honor of Mother's Day, a former latch-key kid pays tribute to the funniest mamas from the small screen.
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The 2011 Anime Convention, or “Why I Wish I Had a Costume”
Feb 22nd, 2011 by Sanam Tala SadeghiMilwaukee's annual event offered more cosplay, screenings, video and card games, exhibits, and guest stars than you could shake a bo staff at.
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Online Dating
Doubleplusgood
Feb 10th, 2011 by Dan AugustineBefore Match.com, people used to meet through happenstance. Now "meeting" someone is just a string of ones and zeros tested for compatibility in cyberspace.
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ADversary
White Out
Jan 14th, 2011 by Erin PetersenTop-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.
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ADversary
DOOM!
Jan 7th, 2011 by Erin PetersenOk, not really. But if the first pop culture headlines in 2011 are any indication, it's going to be a rough year.
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ADversary
Favorite commercials of 2010
Jan 1st, 2011 by Erin PetersenAfter 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.
