I'm stepping on a thousand cigarette butts on the way in, it's not dark and smokey in the Cactus Club anymore, but still a little dank on the music side. Someone on staff managed to keep a VHS tape of an old Arsenio Hall episode featuring N.W.A from being magnetized after all these years and... Continue Reading →
A Foggy Mist, Westown, Riverwalk
As if the this season wasn't strange enough weather-wise, our extra winter leap day was clad in fog. The dense vapor gave the Riverwalk at Mason Street an awe inspiring haze, as the bridge engineers do their duty tiny compared to the raised platform. On the way down Wells, towards that great triangle shaped area... Continue Reading →
Leap Week! Weekend Performance Happenings
Waiting for the next snow storm won't make the Spring come any quicker, I get the feeling people can sense the season coming anyway. Don't be so hard on yourself you earned it. By the end of the week, you'll be ready for a few entertainment options provided by a few of Milwaukee's brightest unsung... Continue Reading →
Leap Week! Milwaukee Area Composers & Artists
Live original composition jazz meets experimental performance theater at the Marian Center for Non-Profits for one night only on Friday March 2. The Notes Milwaukee Area Composers & Artists (MACA) jazz collective, led by Milwaukee grown Jazz composers and saxophonists Steve Gallam and Blake Manning, will perform in tribute to their first CD Release of... Continue Reading →
Leap Week! Astral/Subastral, Riverwest Follies
The festivities of the Riverwest Follies continue for the 7th year this Saturday at the Polish Falcon. The Riverwest Follies offers an evening of family friendly entertainment including crafts, music and other antics insured by the MC/Host of the evening Sir Pinkerton of Dead Man's Carnival. This year the Follies commemorate the 10 year anniversary... Continue Reading →