The Police made major headlines when, after 20 years apart, they announced they were reuniting for a tour. The group has been playing behind ever-so-delicately tweaked versions of their hits for a little more than a year now, and the tour has paid handsomely—it’s expected to become the third highest-grossing tour . . .

Police fans can use their ticket to tonight’s Marcus Amphitheater concert to get into German Fest, the unrelated ethnic festival running concurrently on the Summerfest grounds this weekend. The popular, long-running festival in celebration of Milwaukee’s most dominant heritage features everything you’d . . .

The Milwaukee Brewers are on fire—well, not literally on fire, but even if they were, it probably wouldn’t slow them down much, especially with newcomer C.C. Sabbathia’s unhittable pitches. Tonight the Crew begins its three-game series against the Houston Astros with a 7:05 p.m. game at Miller Park.

Before tonight’s game, the Brewers’ wives will be raising money for the Sojourner Truth House at a tailgate event from 4 to 7 p.m. at Helfaer Field. Autographed team memorabilia will be up for grabs at a silent auction, and team owner Mark Attanasio will present a donation check, while costumed celebrities Bernie Brewer . . .

The Jesse Voelker Band describes itself as a poly-ethnic-progressive-folk-jazz act, which is to say they really, really enjoy mixing genres. Lead songwriter Voelker has no reservations about mixing electro-dub beats with pleasantly down-tempo doses of Spanish guitar and Prohibition-era jazz sax . . .

It’s gallery night. By now you know the drill: Galleries around the city, both large, small and utterly obscure, open their doors and feature special exhibitions and receptions. Coinciding with Gallery Night this quarter is Made in Milwaukee, an annual art and music event, held this year at Moct from 5 p.m. to 2 a.m. Artists . . .

Not to be outdone by the Waukesha County Fair, which flaunted two ’90s alt-rock survivors (Everclear and Eve 6), the Washington County Fair ups the ante with three of them tonight: Blues Traveler, Live and Collective Soul. The latter two acts, improbably, have proven major influences on “American Idol” contestants . . .

Controversial political comedian Bill Maher, whose digs can strike the funny bone while hitting a nerve, wants to stimulate critical thinking through the gateway of humor. Once the benign host of Comedy Central and ABC’s “Politically Incorrect,” the libertarian found himself on shaky ground after Sept. 11, when there was . . .

Compared to the typical music scenes, Nairobi, Kenya stands out as a curiously unique starting point for the multinational Extra Golden, which owes as much stylistically to classic American rock aesthetics as traditional Kenyan Benga music. Initial comparisons to fellow African harmonic acts like Ladysmith Black . . .

Long praised for his complex, understated style, local jazz guitarist Paul Silbergleit is a regular as his Wednesday Night Jazz Jam at Treats, but this evening he plays a much bigger stage when he performs at Jazz in the Park in Cathedral Square Park at 7:30 p.m.