An e-zine for happenings of local culture in Milwaukee and elsewhere
I was listening to Radio Milwaukee Tuesday morning and heard native MKE band Codebreaker getting spin. Might not be the first splash they made on the radio waves, but it's the first I heard leading in with band name announced before the song. True to Milwaukee form, I first heard about Codebreaker in winter of... Continue Reading →
'Once upon a time' used to draw readers into prose insatiably, thankfully, that just won't do anymore. Young playwrights like Eric Theis take a different route. A native of Wisconsin's thumb-pit region, Theis traveled and lived his share of the States, settling in the-now-a-days-oft-mentioned Riverwest neighborhood for 5 years. Having had it with the place,... Continue Reading →
Conversations about neighborhoods will inevitably take verbal exchanges past the landmarks of Riverwest, the neighborhood no one can agree upon. Known traditionally as Milwaukee's melting pot, Riverwest's legacy of community engagement, activism and acceptance of anti-mainstream lifestyles faces escalating jeers complaining of endemic crime and infestation of suburban social apathy. Saturday night at the Polish... Continue Reading →
What's brewing at the The Milwaukee Repertory Theater? New Artistic Director Mark Clements percolated several productions so far this season providing a full-bodied experience, although possibly slightly acerbic to some palates. Despite the immediate impression on the drinker's taste, as all good cups do, your metabolism gets agitated even if by placebo. However, Clements' is... Continue Reading →
A medium lacking opacity, chilled air hovering in Milwaukee's Downtown held fast to architectural structures planted in East Town. Milwaukee's downtown at night possesses serenity mostly reserved for remote forest lands. Stone, metal, and light-emitting-filaments posed in the dark, kept company by a hand full of passing cars, exchange gestures with the concrete below.
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