Yet Another Crappy G-Spot Study

Rating Drafts Doesn't Make the Grade

Call the Observers what you will—traitors to the American way, apostates to the great creed of sports fandom—but the NFL's annual pageant for restocking its rosters...

Milwaukee Ballet's 'Peter Pan' Returns 2 Years Older and Wiser

On opening night of the world premiere of Michael Pink's Peter Pan in 2010, a desperate fellow...

The Melvins @ Turner Hall Ballroom

May 1, 2012

Brewcity Bruisers' Becky the Butcher

Rebecca Berkshire, executive chef of Balzac and Hi Hat, is better known to roller derby fans as Becky the Butcher. The heavily tattooed powerhouse has been skating with the league since day one as a member of the Shevil Knevils, one...

Old 97's w/ Sam Roberts Band

Tonight @ Turner Hall Ballroom, 7 p.m.

Though they'll always be best known as an alt-country band, the Old 97's have covered more territory than that restrictive label suggests. Their 2008 album, Blame It On Gravity, was especially expansive, touching on Latin rock and...

Sleepy Sun and Moss Folk

Tonight @ Cactus Club, 9 p.m.

Perhaps motivated by encouraging reviews of their 2009 debut, Embrace, San Francisco freak-rockers Sleepy Sun pushed their druggy, psychedelic rock into even more extreme directions on 2010's Fever, a claustrophobic record that...

Othello

Tonight @ Milwaukee Repertory Theater, 7:30 p.m.

The Milwaukee Rep tackles the Moor of Venice with this production of one of Shakespeare's later works, Othello. Directed by Rep artistic director Mark Clements, the production mixes ancient text with present-day iconography—it's set...

Born To Be Wild

Today @ Humphrey IMAX Dome Theater, multiple showtimes

Tissue isn't required to attend a screening of the IMAX documentary Born To Be Wild, but it might not be a bad idea to bring some along: This story of two animal-rescue missions is very touching. This uplifting documentary follows two...

At Ease and Glad To Be Together

Danceworks' Season Closes with Want or Need

Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra Pairs Brahms, Chen

Sophisticated MSO Readies for Carnegie Hall

Because of working abroad, last Saturday was the first opportunity this season I've had to hear the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra (MSO) conducted by Edo de Waart. Every music director sculpts an orchestra over time. Through player changes...

In Tandem Finds Farce in 'Veronica's Position'

Pure Magic in Skylight's 'Things That Go Ding!'

From high above the stage, a couple of rows of cymbal-banging monkey toys stand guard over the Broadway Theatre Center's Studio Theatre. The stage itself is filled with an eye-popping variety of instruments that make noise when struck. This is the...

Improvised Shakespeare Company's Relentless Creativity

Poliça's Somber, Mysterious R&B

Getting hitched to a band mate unquestionably has its advantages. For one, spending time together...

Coo Woo's British Sensibilities

Pop music has a natural snap to it, thanks to its youthful motivations. Nobody has done it quite as winningly as the punk legends Buzzcocks, but the Milwaukee pop group Coo Woo is game to try their hand at it. Coo Woo takes on the British...

Issue of the Week: Scott Walker Discovers Milwaukee

Plus Hero of the Week

Just weeks before his recall election and days...

Vote: Democratic Gubernatorial Primary May 8

Questions of the week for Democratic hopefuls

On Tuesday, May 8, Wisconsin voters will be able to select the Democratic candidate for governor...

Walker's Budget Deficit Enables Deep BadgerCare Cuts

Premiums up, 17,000 priced out, waiting list remains

Although Gov. Scott Walker is boasting on the campaign trail that he has balanced the state...

Boris and Doris On the Town

Melvins w/ Unsane

Tonight @ Turner Hall Ballroom, 7 p.m.

Melvins' massive, sluggish metal was a prime influence on Seattle's late-'80s grunge scene, and Nirvana in particular, so when Kurt Cobain's band broke, he returned the favor. With his endorsement, Melvins landed a deal with Atlantic...

Milwaukee Festival Showcases Italian Cinema

UWM Union Theatre to host film screenings

In the earliest years of film, before Hollywood even existed, Italy was...

Get Out of Jail Free

The U.S. Supreme Court invented all those dreaded legal technicalities and loopholes—hated by...

Bo Burnham

Tonight @ The Pabst Theater, 7 p.m.

Internet goofball Bo Burnham was one of the early breakout stars of YouTube, where videos of the then-teenager singing about white supremacists and Helen Keller spread quickly. Comedy Central, never one to miss a chance to capitalize...