Wisconsin is in a whirl of new plays and musicals this spring, thanks to a statewide effort called World Premiere Wisconsin. Milwaukee’s First Stage, one of the nation’s leading children’s […]
There’s the gaming world you know and the gaming world you don’t. Even if you don’t classify yourself as a “gamer,” simply put, you probably are. Whether it’s quick mobile […]
After a warm start to the week, we’re back to the middling temps this weekend. Luckily there’s plenty of amazing events to take your mind off the cooler spring atmosphere. […]
From the moment Betty Gore (Lily Rabe) picked up the axe at the end of last week’s Love & Death, she was going to die. When stories about real deaths […]
The thing about governments that’s easy to forget is that they’re made up of people. It’s possible to think of them as nebulous shadow organizations that control everything and everyone, […]
There aren’t many shows out there that can get away with removing its main characters for a full episode, are there? (Really just The Leftovers, now that I think about […]
It’s rare that I go out of my way to hear a particular piece of music, but that’s what I did Monday night when Music of the Baroque played their […]
The latest episode of Succession, “Living+,” opens with a shot of Logan Roy (Brian Cox). Immediately, the viewer can tell that this isn’t real—the guy’s not really a part of […]
Antonio Edwards Suarez tells the story of his Latino/Black/Irish family in 80 poetic and emotional minutes of story and dance. The one-man play—Antonio’s Song / I Was Dreaming of a […]
Fucked Up, the Canadian punk rock band, is renowned for their electrifying live performances and the captivating stage presence of vocalist Damian Abraham. Their recent show at Thalia Hall on […]
Is there much more to be said of the “White gaze” aka how Black people are viewed, accepted into society, or doomed to the systemic spoils of racism? That is […]
Nobody knows anything about Homer except what’s in the Iliad and the Odyssey, and, even there, it gets dicey, as James I. Porter details in his challenging and provocative Homer: […]