Arts

Last September, Riverwest got its own neighborhood renaissance faire in the form of Argren Faire. The daylong event was held at and around Black Husky Brewing, and was based on the mythical land of Argren—a.k.a...

That increasingly loud clacking sound you hear throughout the city isn't your imagination—it's just the impending return of QWERTYFEST MKE, a homegrown celebration of a homegrown Milwaukee invention. That's rig...

As Milwaukee continues to feel the loss of Wisconsin's oldest gay bar, This Is It! (TITs), a new event series curated by local drag performer Risk E. Bismuth is helping carry on the bar's legacy. Originally lau...

Last year, local public art nonprofit Joy Engine gave the Milwaukee summer a jolt of unexpected fun with a series of so-called ArtBlaze beach parties. The free all-ages shindigs on Bradford and South Shore beac...

By 10 a.m. on June 21, it's close to 90 degrees outside, and an extreme heat warning is in effect in Milwaukee. Earlier that day, my own A/C unit fizzled out, just in time for a three-day stretch of unusually h...

Under multi-colored strobing lights at ELMNT Lounge, women strut down a carpet runway to loud cheers and applause. Though not a formal fashion show, Runway Rave is giving attendees a chance to own the spotlight...

Friday the 13ths don't come around too often, so one must use them wisely when they do. And while there are tons of things happening this Friday the 13th, there's only one event that involves A.) goths, B.) a g...