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Friday, March 19,2010
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Kill the Rich! Kill the Poor!

Tonight @ The Off-Broadway Theatre, 8 p.m.

By Shepherd Express Staff
The latest company to wear the temporary title of “Milwaukee’s last theater group,” BITE Threatre introduces itself this week by premiering a programs of shorts written by playwright Robert Lawrence. The program—titled Kill the...
Friday, March 19,2010
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Norah Jones w/ Sasha Dobson

Tonight @ The Riverside Theater, 8 p.m.

By Shepherd Express Staff
Norah Jones emerged in the early 2000s as one of jazz’s biggest crossover stars in ages, thanks to a style of jazz-pop that was both inviting (hence the title to her blockbuster debut, Come On In) and familiar (hence the title of its...
Friday, March 19,2010
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The Big Pink w/ A Place to Bury Strangers

Tonight @ Turner Hall Ballroom, 8 p.m.

By Shepherd Express Staff
One of the more worthwhile products of Britain’s sometimes overzealous, NME-driven hype machine, The Big Pink parlayed the buzz around their early singles into a glowingly reviewed debut album last year, A Brief History of...
Friday, March 19,2010
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Reilly

Tonight @ Paddy’s Pub, 9 p.m.

By Shepherd Express Staff
After the death of founding member Brian Reilly in 2000, and several other shakeups to the band's roster in the subsequent years, Reilly has cemented its lineup and its footing in the Milwaukee scene as one of the area’s most popular...
Friday, March 19,2010
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A Day in Hollywood/A Night in the Ukraine

Tonight @ Broadway Theatre Center, 7:30 p.m.

By Shepherd Express Staff
One cast performs two one-act musicals in Skylight Opera Theatre’s production of A Day in Hollywood/A Night in the Ukraine. The show opens as a celebration of classic Hollywood musicals, then gives way to a second act inspired by Anton...
Friday, March 19,2010
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Radio Golf

Tonight @ The Milwaukee Repertory Theater, 8 p.m.

By Shepherd Express Staff
Timothy Douglas directs the Milwaukee Repertory Theater’s production of August Wilson’s drama Radio Golf, the latest in a series of Rep shows directed by Douglas, including last year’s Trouble in Mind and 2008’s world premiere...
Thursday, March 18,2010
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George Lopez

Tonight @ The Riverside Theater, 8 p.m.

By Shepherd Express Staff
George Lopez’s self-titled sitcom was often praised for doing for Hispanics what “The Cosby Show” did for African Americans, even if a Hispanic “According to Jim” might have been a more fair point of comparison. Lopez’s stand-up routine...
Thursday, March 18,2010
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Shooter Jennings

Tonight @ Potawatomi Bingo Casino, 8 p.m.

By Shepherd Express Staff
Shooter Jennings shares not only a familial resemblance to his father, Waylon—Shooter even depicted his dad in the movie Walk the Line—but also his father’s love of tightly wound, rock-inflected country, making him one of the...
Thursday, March 18,2010
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The Tossers

Tonight @ Turner Hall Ballroom, 8 p.m.

By Shepherd Express Staff
A quick lesson in modern Irish rock: In the ’80s, The Pogues imbued Irish music with the spirit of punk, but not the literal speed and venom of punk. Nineties acts like Flogging Molly and the Dropkick Murphys took the sound one step...
Thursday, March 18,2010
Today in Milwaukee

Kill the Rich! Kill the Poor!

Tonight @ The Off-Broadway Theatre, 7:30 p.m.

By Shepherd Express Staff
The latest company to wear the temporary title of “Milwaukee’s last theater group,” BITE Theatre introduces itself this week by premiering a programs of shorts written by playwright Robert Lawrence. The program—titled...
Thursday, March 18,2010
Today in Milwaukee

Unseen Architecture

Today @ The Eisner Museum

By Shepherd Express Staff
The architect exhibits art on a daily basis, as every residential and commercial design subtly defines a city’s skyline and streets. In an effort to highlight the artistic nature of architecture, an exhibition titled “Unseen Architecture...
Wednesday, March 17,2010
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Gaelic Storm

Tonight @ The Pabst Theater, 8 p.m.

By Shepherd Express Staff
Part of a younger generation of bands that have a sense of humor about the Celtic music they play, Gaelic Storm combines the traditional Irish instruments (fiddle, bagpipes) with a bit of a rock ’n’ roll mentality. They have a reputation for...
Wednesday, March 17,2010
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Eric Blowtorch and the Welders

Tonight @ The Miramar Theatre, 9 p.m.

By Shepherd Express Staff
Recording primarily to vinyl, with 7-inch singles his preferred medium, Milwaukee reggae enthusiast Eric Blowtorch has released a slew of well-received singles over the last couple years, some of them featuring reggae legends like Prince...
Wednesday, March 17,2010
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Evan Christian

Tonight @ The Jazz Estate, 10 p.m.

By Shepherd Express Staff
Evan Christian’s commitment to mastering the flamenco guitar is so great that he moved to Spain to study the craft. That’s not to say that his playing is completely grounded in tradition, though. In the studio, he pairs his flamenco...
Wednesday, March 17,2010
Today in Milwaukee

Radio Golf

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

By Shepherd Express Staff
Timothy Douglas directs the Milwaukee Repertory Theater’s production of August Wilson’s drama Radio Golf, the latest in a series of Rep shows directed by Douglas, including last year’s Trouble in Mind and 2008’s world premiere...
Wednesday, March 17,2010
Today in Milwaukee

Unseen Architecture

Today @ The Eisner Museum

By Shepherd Express Staff
The architect exhibits art on a daily basis, as every residential and commercial design subtly defines a city’s skyline and streets. In an effort to highlight the artistic nature of architecture, an exhibition titled “Unseen Architecture...
Tuesday, March 16,2010
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Tyler Perry’s Madea’s Big Happy Family

Tonight @ U.S. Cellular Arena, 7:30 p.m.

By Shepherd Express Staff
Playwright Tyler Perry took a five-year break from live theater, but he has a lot to show for that time: He followed up his hit 2005 film debut, Diary of a Mad Black Woman, by writing and directing a whopping eight films, starring in...
Tuesday, March 16,2010
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Radio Golf

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

By Shepherd Express Staff
Timothy Douglas directs the Milwaukee Repertory Theater’s production of August Wilson’s drama Radio Golf, the latest in a series of Rep shows directed by Douglas, including last year’s Trouble in Mind and 2008’s world premiere...
Tuesday, March 16,2010
Today in Milwaukee

Admirals vs. Wolves

Tonight @ The Bradley Center, 7 p.m.

By Shepherd Express Staff
The Milwaukee Admirals tonight take on their rivals to the south, the Chicago Wolves, at a 7 p.m. Bradley Center game. Afterward, two of the Admirals will stick around to meet fans and sign autographs...
Tuesday, March 16,2010
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Street Seen: The Psychological Gesture in American Photography

Today @ Milwaukee Art Museum

By Shepherd Express Staff
World War II ushered in the Atomic Age and the Cold War, but it also had a profound impact on the arts and creative practice. With the advent of portable, 35-millimeter cameras, for the first time photojournalists on battlefields and...
Monday, March 15,2010
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Ballini, Ogburn and Baumann

Tonight @ The Jazz Estate, 9:30 p.m.

By Shepherd Express Staff
Every Monday night at the Jazz Estate, singer-songwriter Marc Ballini, mandolinist Ryan Ogburn and guitarist Craig Baumann present an informal, free evening of music at the Jazz Estate. The residency has changed markedly since...
Monday, March 15,2010
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Sigmund Snopek

Tonight @ Linneman’s Riverwest Inn, 10 p.m.

By Shepherd Express Staff
For decades, Milwaukee multi-instrumentalist Sigmund Snopek has been one of the hardest working musicians in the local music scene, tackling everything from jazz to experimental prog-rock. He’s even an accomplished composer...
Monday, March 15,2010
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The Dead Sea Scrolls

Today @ The Milwaukee Public Museum

By Shepherd Express Staff
Mostly written on parchment or papyrus, in Hebrew and Aramaic with a smattering of Greek, the hundreds of documents known as the Dead Sea Scrolls became the most famous archaeological discovery since the opening of King Tut’s tomb...
Monday, March 15,2010
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Thomas Woodruff: Freak Parade

Today @ The Haggerty Museum of Art

By Shepherd Express Staff
Railing against the uniform blandness of American society, for his exhibit “Freak Parade” at Marquette’s Haggerty Museum of Art, Thomas Woodruff, chair of the illustration and cartooning department at New York’s School of Visual Arts...
Sunday, March 14,2010
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RJD2 w/ Happy Chichester and KingHellBastard

Tonight @ The Rave, 8 p.m.

By Shepherd Express Staff
RJD2 made a fast name for himself with his 2002 debut for Def Jux records, Deadringer, one of the few masterpieces of the instrumental hip-hop genre. On that album, he weaved brainy compositions out of some of the most unlikely...
 
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