http://www.expressmilwaukee.com/articles.sec-222-1-today-in-milwaukee.html Setting out in 2002 from the gallows of poverty and substance abuse, the screamy alternative hard-rock band The Used has now amassed a library of four albums, several EPs and live tracks all dedicated to suffering. The group’s latest...]]> However fleetingly, Cowboy Mouth tasted success in the mid-’90s with their minor hit “Jenny Says,” a rollicking example of the group’s rootsy alt-rock, and also the only one to experience radio exposure beyond college stations...]]> Richard Nixon once appointed singer and actress Pearl Bailey, a Broadway staple, America’s “Ambassador of Love.” Though Bailey’s roots were in vaudeville, she was most famous for her roles in productions like Hello, Dolly!...]]> It was a good weekend for the Milwaukee bucks, with the team topping the New York Knicks and the Indiana Pacers on Friday and Saturday, respectively. The team hopes that momentum carries over to tonight’s 7 p.m. home game against the...]]> 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...]]> The UWM Union Theatre’s African American Film Series, which runs Mondays through the end of the month, teams up with the UWM’s concurrent Festival of Films in French tonight for a screening of the 2008 Haitian documentary...]]> 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...]]> Call it the world’s largest all-you-can-eat buffet. Every year, billions of sardines migrate toward the Kwazulu-Natal coast of South Africa, a gorgeous spectacle that also sparks one of the worlds biggest feeding frenzies...]]> 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...]]> The Off-Broadway Theatre transforms itself into a sort of afterlife for Next Act Theatre’s production of Ariel Dorfman’s Purgatorio. Staying true to the script, the Next Act production is very minimalist. In this world, purgatory has...]]> Milwaukee Repertory Theater resident actress Laura Gordon is best known for her onstage roles, but she’s directed shows for the Milwaukee Chamber Theatre and Renaissance Theaterworks and directs the Rep’s new production of John Cariani...]]> This fall the Skylight Opera Theatre presented a production of Rossini’s classic The Barber of Seville, which it’s now following up with a production of the sequel, The Marriage of Figaro. Set 10 years after the original, Marriage...]]> Get Rad, Face of Ruin, Choose Your Poison, Quest for Fire and Wolscry are among the hardcore and metal bands that will be playing an all-ages benefit concert tonight for domestic abuse victims. Proceeds from this year’s show will...]]> It takes a pretty ballsy band to cover Radiohead, but Milwaukee’s electro-rock trio The New Loud throws caution to the wind and gives it a go on the group’s latest EP, Can’t Stop Not Knowing, offering an audacious, edgier...]]> Innovative Brit DJ Yoda lands in Milwaukee for just one of five U.S. touring dates. A maverick when it comes to intermingling hip-hop and funk music with film, television and You- Tube videos, DJ Yoda has sold out clubs across...]]> Helping meet the demand of young audiences weaned on jam music and now hungry for bluegrass, Greensky Bluegrass, a five-member banjo-strumming, dobro- and mandolin-playing bluegrass group from Michigan, spends much of its time on the dusty...]]> Hailing from Alabama, the scruffy ex-Marine Jamey Johnson brings a romantic and compassionate sound into his traditional country music. Known for his ability to craft Country Music Award-concurring songs like the CMA’s 2007 Song of...]]> This fall the Skylight Opera Theatre presented a production of Rossini’s classic The Barber of Seville, which it’s now following up with a production of the sequel, The Marriage of Figaro. Set 10 years after the original...]]> The Woodworking Shows bring its national tour to the Wisconsin Exposition Center this weekend. With showcase names like “ship-shape shop,” “hand tool rodeo” and “loggin’ lumber,” the three-day event will present information about new...]]> Milwaukee’s transgressive punk trio Crappy Dracula is so good at pretending to be bad that they make it look easy. While similar bands use their nihilistic, “we hate everything” posturing to justify poorly written songs, Crappy Dracula’s...]]>