At The Hide House, the Milwaukee Art Beat street fair played silence between sets anticipating Fever Marlene . An old warehouse towered over everyone. Deep in the background next to the parking lot where mini-festivities took place, a few canopies stood on the lawn. The clothes rack I spotted could have been holding old towels,... Continue Reading →
Drink the Well, ExFabula, Terminal Milwaukee
ExFabula sounds kind of tricky to say, but a name you should get to know, quickly. They filled Club Garibaldi in Bay View to jump start the neighborhood segment of their story telling series, Terminal Milwaukee. Milwaukee has its share of characters, and the one's sharing their tales in this episode of Terminal Milwaukee proved... Continue Reading →
Storming the Bastille, Euphemistically Speaking, Forget Riverwest
Thursday night, somewhere deep in Riverwest a menace was brewing. It gained strength like a festering carbuncle with no medical attention and exploded on the corner of Kilbourn and Van Buren during the close of Bastille Days. Blocking the road, 38 or so co-ed 20-somethings wear nothing but under-roos and their bicycle seats (as in... Continue Reading →
The 4th, Summerfest, with or without you…
Half way through the year, our Leviathan, our Body Politic, our Country celebrates its independence from the Great Britain. Here in Milwaukee, we commemorate with the best of them other cities in our Union. The Big Bang already teamed up with Summerfest to open the World Biggest Music Festival with an impressive fireworks display. We... Continue Reading →
Retrospective: Summerfest Pitbull Show Recap
More than memorable, Summerfest 2010 hosted Pitbull on the Harley-Davison Stage. Are there words...? I tried... This piece appeared two weeks after Summerfest ended in the Sane Artworks Blog, I can't actually remember but I think I was no worse for wear after having thwarted multiple suitors attempting to sweep my teenage cousin away. ------... Continue Reading →