Arts

January 29, 2015

Last fall, Walker’s Point institution Latino Arts Inc. enjoyed an especially strong season, which was punctuated with a sold-out performance by reigning Grammy winners and one-time NPR “Tiny Desk” concert serie...

Marvel Universe LIVE! coming to Milwaukee…in 2016

January 22, 2015

If you’re a fan of Marvel Comics, superhero movies, and even more superhero movies, the past few years have been good to you, what with the countless Marvel products movies filling local multiplexes like the Hu...

Midwinter Gaming Convention celebrates 15 years of dressing up as sexy vampires (and other things)

January 15, 2015

Time stretches out like a barren graveyard, with the headstones marking the frailty of joy and hiding crypts full of regret. But enough about the shitty weather. There’s only so much time one can spend huddled ...

Neil deGrasse Tyson enlightens Riverside, explains how the universe is trying to kill you

December 11, 2014

Of all the unusual acts that have come through Milwaukee, never has their been one stranger than noted astrophysicist and ambassador of science (or perhaps, more correctly, SCIENCE!) Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson. Dr...

Var Gallery paints itself into the Walker’s Point landscape

December 5, 2014

When we last visited Var in June, the Bay View artistic hub was breaking in the new stage in its Hide House-adjacent gallery and studio with occasional acoustic performances and comedy showcases. As suitable as...

Go back to happier times with this Global Union video

November 25, 2014

Has the world gone insane? Is our society breaking down? Have we lost all sense of justice, goodwill, and peace? What’s up with this weather? If these questions have been plaguing you for, oh, 24 hours or so, l...

Futura Extra Bold celebrates 100 years of design in unlikely style

November 11, 2014

When it comes to 100th anniversary blowouts, Milwaukeeans would be hard pressed not to think of Harley-Davidson, a sea of leather-clad bikers, and a floundering Elton John. One 100-year-old group that probably ...

Here’s what Neil deGrasse Tyson will talk about at his Riverside shows this December

October 21, 2014

In a time when ignorance is celebrated and grown adults camp out in parking lots for free chicken sandwiches, a public figure like Neil deGrasse Tyson is not only welcome, but needed. The celebrated astrophysic...

Here’s the schedule for this weekend’s Maker Faire Milwaukee

Milwaukee Record Staff

September 22, 2014

Milwaukee has no shortage of art, craft, food, beer, and whatever-else fairs. Hell, some of them are even at night! But this weekend’s inaugural Maker Faire Milwaukee is a bit different, focusing more on techno...

Great job, Wisconsin! Our state has a thing for banning books, apparently

September 22, 2014

Depending on whom you ask, Wisconsin is either a forward-looking state with a proud progressive past, or a backwards-looking flyover state best left to blaze-orange Cheeseheads and the dopes that wear them. Tha...

Support your local nerf herder: Mighty Con Milwaukee comes to Serb Hall Sept. 21

September 19, 2014

Comic book conventions, like rock shows, come in all shapes and sizes. Big shows like San Diego Comic Con are like the Nerd Superbowl, while smaller regional shows like Wizard World bring celebrities and flippa...

Sat. Nite Duets and The Fatty Acids rekindle b-ball rivalry for art’s sake

September 16, 2014

Wouldn't it be cool if music videos were real? Imagine a universe where a woman could be whisked away to an exhilarating animated world like the one in A-ha's "Take On Me", where Paula Abdul and MC Skat Kat cou...

Postmodern dance, heavy metal, and venturing outside one’s comfort zones

July 29, 2014

This past Sunday, I went to the Lynden Sculpture Garden to see a retrospective performance from the Trisha Brown Dance Company, which kicked off Alverno Presents’ 2014-15 season. To say I knew nothing—and still...

Latino Arts announces schedule for fall season

July 29, 2014

Since 1985, Latino Arts Inc. has fostered Hispanic expression sourced by artists, musicians, dancers, and thespians from all corners of Latin America, as well as ample representation from talents right here in ...

6 reasons to get excited for Alverno Presents’ 2014-15 season

July 24, 2014

For more than five decades, Alverno Presents has pollinated the city with some of the most original and rewarding performing arts in the world. International music and dance have long been staples of Alverno’s ...

Looking inward with Performing For Cyclops at Pitch Project gallery

July 11, 2014

Earlier this year, Mike Brenner unveiled his own happy utopia: a huge Walker’s Point warehouse dedicated to his two lifelong loves of beer and art. Yes, the newly opened Brenner Brewing also houses The Pitch Pr...

Milwaukee welcomes Welcome To Night Vale to Pabst Theater