Forgive me for another Danny Gokey post, but the guy is going to be inescapable for the next two days. Now that the divisive �American Idol� contestant has secured his place in the top 3, Milwaukee is dedicating an entire day to him. He�ll visit his his

H/T to Ryan at the Pabst for this: Wilco just debuted the so-bad-it's-good cover art for their upcoming Wilco (The Album), which was shot during the band's recent stay in Milwaukee and very clearly shows Mader's restaurant in the background�and a camel in

If this is true, it’s seriously one of the oddest sports crossovers I’ve heard in awhile. American Idol top 3 contestant Danny Gokey is from Milwaukee and he’s in town today to get footage for Idol to show during next week’s show.

In the end, "American Idol" voters opted for two finalists with more commercial appeal than Danny Gokey, the soft-rocking Milwaukeean who likely would have cut a Christian pop album had he won the big prize. Not a shocker, really. In the end, my autograph

It was interesting seeing another show at the Milwaukee Gay Arts Center. It had been a while . . . probably since the last time that Spiral Theatre had a show there. I was there last night to see RSVP Production’s staging of Regrets Only—a con

The longstanding knock against Milwaukee�s popular Jazz in the Park concert series is that it rarely books any �real jazz,� which is code for the kind of classic-era Blue Note, hard-bop and cool jazz that the biggest genre enthusiasts love most. Much to t

While I was at the Boulevard Theatre fundraiser on Monday, I had the passing opportunity to talk to actress Anne Miller. She’s going to be in a show this fall, but doesn’t have any work for the time being. With the summer starting up, I suspec

I found myself looking at entries for the next Milwaukee Comedy Festival last night at the home of founder Matt Kemple. I was there with Kemple, a few local comedy types, a dog named Shakespeare and a black cat going through a box of DVD submissions. Some

For me, it’s the end of the year . . . in a way. The Milwaukee Theatre Year traditionally begins in August as companies like Milwuakee Chamber Theatre and smaller companies like the late Dramatist’s Theatre open their first shows of the new se

I'd imagined that given the fervor over their "South Park" episode, the Jonas Brothers might phase out a certain segment of their concert�the part where they shoot foam over the crowd. But apparently the Jonases are still at it, according to a r