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Three ways to celebrate MAM’s 125th Anniversary show

April 7th, 2013 |

Milwaukee Art Museum’s 125th anniversary: A panorama from the Layton Gallery through the Calatrava addition and beyond.

MSO Pops takes on ’60s soft rock

April 6th, 2013 |

The MSO Pops featured Billboard hits from the ’60s, but the three guest singers and their arrangements didn’t always sync up.

Unruly Music Opener: Percussion refined

April 5th, 2013 |

Percussionist Greg Beyer, pianist Mabel Kwan, cellist Chris Wild play Chenary Ung, others to open a new music weekend.

MKE This Week: Where history and art collide

April 2nd, 2013 |

MAM looks 125 years back, MSO’s tribute to doo-wop, Renaissance Theaterworks fictionalizes an outsider artist, and the brand new Museum of Wisconsin Art.

MSO: Spectacular Baroque Singing

March 30th, 2013 |

Milwaukee Symphony guest soprano Yulia Van Doren, countertenor Daniel Taylor, conductor Nicholas McGegan deliver brilliant Handel, Pergolesi.

MKE This Week: The road to April Fools is lined with Easter eggs

March 26th, 2013 |

Guitars at UWM, Peeps at Racine Art Museum, Handel at the MSO, Thao Nguyen at Turner Hall, comics at the Milwaukee Theatre and Sugar Maple and art meetups Friday and Saturday.

“Guns N’ Rosenkavalier” hits some bumps but ends with a bang

March 23rd, 2013 |

Opera singer Andrew Wilkowske lets his inner rocker out, fusing art and rock song without many missteps.

Milwaukee Opera Theatre: Guns N’ Rosenkavalier

March 20th, 2013 |

MOT — the “O” is for Opera, but it could be for Outrageous, as electric guitar meets Schubert at Milwaukee Opera Theatre.

MKE This Week: Global artists, local stars

March 19th, 2013 |

The Print: MKE conference comes to town, Ilana Setapen solo at the MSO, Milwaukee Opera mixes rock and art, Marcus Center hosts Sam Cooke’s music; local playwrights get the spotlight.

The Rep’s “A Raisin in the Sun”: Keeping it Real

March 17th, 2013 |

In the Rep’s revival, Lorraine Hansberry’s 1959 portrait of a black family striving to advance maintains its relevance.