Arts & Culture

Alt-J floods Riverside Theater with “Something Good”

Alt-J floods Riverside Theater with “Something Good”

The Mercury Prize-winners brought the sound of their debut album "An Awesome Wave" fully to bear on Milwaukee Friday night.

Kat’s Sketchbook: talktalktalk opens at Green Gallery
Kat’s Sketchbook

talktalktalk opens at Green Gallery

Muller and Madison, at Green Gallery, give Milwaukee something to talk about: Paper towels, among other things.

Comparing Notes: MSO’s Baroque program, Grizzly Bear’s Baroque pop
Comparing Notes

MSO’s Baroque program, Grizzly Bear’s Baroque pop

Tom Strini teaches Sahan Jayasuriya about countertenors and Handel arias; Sahan returns the favor with a primer on Grizzly's lush orchestrations, in the first installment of this new podcast series.

TCD Art Date: Something for everyone as March ends
TCD Art Date

Something for everyone as March ends

The month goes out with a Pius XI alumni show, edgy contemporary Swiss art, a photography show closing, plus egg-dying.

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

The road to April Fools is lined with Easter eggs

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.

“Eggs Benedict” heats up international debate

“Eggs Benedict” heats up international debate

Kat Murrell speaks to Niki Johnson, the artist behind the controversial depiction of Pope emeritus Benedict XVI in condoms, about her work's purpose: to foster discussion of religion and human sexuality.

Milwaukee Rep’s 2013-14 Season: First Impressions
Milwaukee Rep’s 2013-14 Season

First Impressions

The Rep's season is extra-musical, with a stacked Stackner and two musicals ("Ragtime," "End of the Rainbow") in the Quadracci, but don't discount a take on Superman's creator, an adapted Iliad or the Stiemke Studio's options.

Stars to shine on Turner Hall

Stars to shine on Turner Hall

Touring in support of their latest album The North, the Canadian indie rock group will be playing Turner Hall Ballroom Monday evening.

Backstage with Mark Metcalf: Lee Ernst
Backstage with Mark Metcalf

Lee Ernst

The 20-year veteran of the Milwaukee Rep talks about his theater origins and time in Wisconsin regional theater.

Passion and soul, dished out at The Cooke Book

Passion and soul, dished out at The Cooke Book

Darrian Ford perfectly captured the sound of the King of Soul at the Marcus Center.

Don’t call it a comeback: David Bowie’s “The Next Day”
Don’t call it a comeback

David Bowie’s “The Next Day”

Bowie's latest may be predictable, but the king of reinvention has put together a solid album nonetheless, with frequent callbacks to his prior work.

We Six takes on Stevie Wonder

We Six takes on Stevie Wonder

We Six brought a spectacular show paying tribute to the music of Stevie Wonder, giving the Motown artist’s music a jazzy restyling with original arrangements.