Last year, the theme for our annual Shepherd Express City Guide was Hidden Treasures of Milwaukee.
Writing and researching was a delightful experience and our only frustration
was the number of treasures—those less familiar...
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Last year, the theme for our annual Shepherd Express City Guide was Hidden Treasures of Milwaukee.
Writing and researching was a delightful experience and our only frustration
was the number of treasures—those less familiar...
The food of Ethiopia can be fiery. Alem offers a gentler
version, though their hot pepper sauce still has richness and depth of flavor.
Try the doro wot, chicken with...
2013 DRINK
Beer, Cheese and Sausage Fest Not To Be Missed!
Craving a tasty new brew? Savory cheese? Delicious sausage? Then join the Shepherd Express on Saturday, April 27, for our first annual Stein & Dine beer, cheese and sausage festival at Milwaukee’s State Fair Expo Center...
Beer, Cheese and Sausage Fest Not To Be Missed!
Craving a tasty new brew? Savory cheese? Delicious sausage? Then join the Shepherd Express on Saturday, April 27, for our first annual Stein & Dine beer, cheese and sausage festival at Milwaukee’s State Fair Expo Center...
Bars that make their own liqueurs
With their multi-ingredient makeup and recent popular resurgence, cocktails fit the bill for drinkers looking for something unique. Over the past few years, the craft cocktail movement has slowly been carving out a niche...
Tastes in margaritas
vary greatly. Some prefer tall bowl-like glasses and frozen fruit flavors,
while others stick with the basics and want fresh lime juice, ice and tequila
in a tumbler. Whichever type is your favorite, everyone can...
Sometimes in the city known for beer, wine aficionados may feel a little left out. But when you look at Milwaukee’s nightlife, you will see plenty of places to enjoy a glass (or bottle) of vino. Some have been around for a while...
"Honestly, I'm not a big drinker,"
says the British-born director who is lighting up the Rep, "especially now
with a 17-month-old girl at home, but I'm partial every now and then to a
finely crafted cocktail.” Where better to go than this wonderfully camp retro
bar? “It serves up the best-made...
2013 Spring Arts Guide
Latino Arts’ winter gallery exhibit brightens the
Wisconsin winter with the handmade pottery of Luz Angela Crawford. Born in
Columbia and currently based in Texas, the artist draws from the ancient
pottery designs...
Latino Arts’ winter gallery exhibit brightens the
Wisconsin winter with the handmade pottery of Luz Angela Crawford. Born in
Columbia and currently based in Texas, the artist draws from the ancient
pottery designs...
Acacia Theatre
414-744-5995
www.acaciatheatre.com
Heaven Sent, March 8-17
African American
Children’s Theatre
414-461-5771
www.aact.us
Alchemist Theatre...
2013 Summer Guide
2013 Summer Guide
Take advantage of the season
and enjoy the food at these lakefront establishments. Some are only open in
summer and offer foods meant to be eaten outside. Others...
2013 Summer Guide
Take advantage of the season
and enjoy the food at these lakefront establishments. Some are only open in
summer and offer foods meant to be eaten outside. Others...
2013 Summer Guide
If the weather chooses not to
cooperate with your beach plans, visit one of the lakefront's indoor venues...
2013 Summer Guide
Milwaukee County is known for great parks, which
consistently rank among the top 20 park systems in the nation. In addition,
several communities in the area operate their own parks...
2013 Summer Guide
Whether or not you own a boat,
getting out on the water is one of the best ways to experience the beauty of
Lake Michigan. Touring, fishing and taking in the lake air...
2013 Summer Guide
An event dedicated to craft beer at which local, national
and international brewers offer samples. Live music and delectable food
pairings make this a must for the beer enthusiast....
A&E Feature
On the StreetsJason Mewes on Animation, Clerks 3 and Why Jay and Silent Bob Could Go to MarsBreaking the BarriersConnected to the AncientsA Day of Madness, a Night of GloryCatering Your Wedding An Entertaining FaçadeConfronting the Sins of Omission Milwaukee Day 2013Every Day is Milwaukee Day, but April 14 is When We Celebrate Milwaukee Day
When Jason Mewes forged a friendship with Kevin Smith, he probably didn’t
realize he was also entering into a career-defining partnership. The two have
since collaborated in more than a dozen proj...
Skylight presents ‘Porgy and Bess’
The 1935 New York premiere of Porgy and Bess was an epochal...
Theatre Gigante marks 25 years with a new Electra
"When you want to know what grief means,
remember me," Electra tells the Chorus of Female Slaves in The Oresteia,
the 2,500-year-old dramatization by the Greek playwright Aeschylus of King
Agamemnon's bloody...
Comedy, intrigue and sadness in ‘The Marriage of Figaro’
By Steve Spice
One way of viewing Mozart’s operatic masterpiece The Marriage of Figaro is as a landmark embodying the final glories of 18th-century classicism—a gleaming summation of “ancient regime” European aristocracy. Set on the...
From classic to shabby chic, Milwaukee offers a menu of options
When planning a wedding there
are so many decisions to make. Dresses, flowers, photographer—the list goes on.
One of the most important choices bridal couples need to make is about food.
Sit-down dinner or buffet...
Danceworks, Milwaukee Opera and Chamber Orchestra collaborate on a modern classic
By Joel K. Boyd
Danceworks Performance Company, Milwaukee Opera Theatre and
the Milwaukee Chamber Orchestra join
forces to bring Edith Sitwell and William Walton’s Façade to the stage. This is the second consecutive season of...
Ferne Caulker Bronson’s ‘Sweet Grass Project’
The infectious sound of African drums guided me
to the rehearsal room at UW-Milwaukee's Mitchell Hall. Ferne Caulker Bronson,
the choreographer and artistic director of Ko-Thi Dance Company since its
founding in 1969...
Contest winner Jim Lange rings the bell at
Milwaukee City Hall Sunday morning to commence the city’s second (or
depending on how your count, its third) annual Milwaukee Day
celebration. The holiday’s creators were inspired by...
Several
years ago a group of friends were discussing the date April 14 when one of them
commented that the date (4/14) is the same as Milwaukee’s area code (414). From
that casual observation, an...
Art
Shoop-Kassner’s art book for the Grand Avenue Club
The Grand Avenue Club (GAC) strives to provide adults affected by mental illness with a variety of opportunities to build community and engage in productive educational and work experiences. Painter Colleen Shoop-Kassner...
Shoop-Kassner’s art book for the Grand Avenue Club
The Grand Avenue Club (GAC) strives to provide adults affected by mental illness with a variety of opportunities to build community and engage in productive educational and work experiences. Painter Colleen Shoop-Kassner...
WPCA explores the meaning of “Flesh”
Think of flesh as skin that holds our working parts
together. Now think of flesh as all manner of artful dermis: paper, glue,
beads, metal, wood and computer printouts, to name a few. As conceived and
assembled by four...
Dominion Gallery presents ‘Smokey Places’
Dominion
Gallery’s latest offering of multi-media artworks bears the theme and title,
“Smokey Places.” According to contributing artist Michael DiMilo, all the works
share “elements of smoke, mystery and femininity, combined...
Villa Terrace presents ‘Chasing Horizons’
Villa Terrace’ “Chasing Horizons” exhibit covers many
gallery spaces and the subject matter and questions addressed are equally far
ranging...
Art talk and photos by Tony Busalacchi
Visit the
Charles Allis Decorative Art Museum for an informative and inspirational
evening with longtime Milwaukee artist, art collector and educator, Tony
Busalacchi...
Dalamar and Gary Markstein at Ayzha
Ayzha Fine Arts Gallery & Boutique opened in October
2012, on the second floor of The Shops of Grand Avenue mall, 275 W. Wisconsin
Ave., and I’m here to say, it’s a perfect fit. Co-owner (with Milwaukee writer
Gregory...
Life and art at RedLine Milwaukee
Exploring the connections between art and everyday life has
been a concern of artists since Marcel Duchamp at the beginning of the 20th
century and Andy Warhol in mid-century. But neither of these artists envisioned
how far...
Adam DeGross’ Photographic Tour of the Underground
The Borg Ward Collective presents an inter-arts extravaganza, May 3-5,
featuring live performances by Milwaukee and Minneapolis punk acts ($5 cover)
in one room, and a photography exhibition by Adam DeGross in the other...
WPCA Features Neo-Symbolist Jean D. Sobon
The joy of
viewing Walker’s Point Center for the Arts’ collection by featured member Jean
D. Sobon is in the endless potential for interpretation. Although the collection
is small, the culture-spanning imagery and symbolism...
People fill their personal worlds with
objects
—
adornments, furnishings, garments, images
and tools. Which objects will be passed along and valued in the future...
Comedy Reviews
May 4, 2013
Though he’s received a well-deserved boost in recognition in recent years, largely thanks to his popular WTF podcast, Marc...
May 4, 2013
Though he’s received a well-deserved boost in recognition in recent years, largely thanks to his popular WTF podcast, Marc...
Feb. 23, 2013
Nick
Offerman lends more than a little bit of himself to his breakout “Parks and
Recreation” character Ron Swanson, the sitcom’s spokesman for all things
masculine. Like Swanson, Offerman is a proud outdoorsmen...
Film
Dennis Quaid’s harvest of tragedy
In At Any Price, Dennis Quaid stars as Henry Whipple...
Dennis Quaid’s harvest of tragedy
In At Any Price, Dennis Quaid stars as Henry Whipple...
Matthew McConaughey’s mystic Southern fugitive
After directing Take Shelter, an intriguing “Twilight Zone”-style tale of madness and apocalypse in America’s heartland, Jeff Nichols moves south to Arkansas for a strong follow-up, Mud. His protagonists are a pair of...
Baz Luhrmann’s lush retelling of Fitzgerald’s classic
The Great
Gatsby is among the
greatest...
Robert Downey Jr. brings laughter to the tale
If it’s not exactly ripped from the headlines, the plot of Iron Man 3 is as perilously...
Startling images from UWM’s Italian Film Festival
Spectacular images of the Berlin Wall being hammered into
bits for souvenirs were seen across the world, but the collapse of communism in
Eastern Europe resulted in many other memorable visuals. In Italy, some of the
most...
Ben Affleck stars in Terrence Malick’s meditation on love
No place
is more romantic than Paris, and when a couple as attractive as Neil (Ben
Affleck) and Marina (Olga Kurylenko) fall in love while walking the quay along
the Seine, violins would tremble like heart strings in any ...
Danny Boyle's mind game movie
Director
Danny Boyle, after winning accolades for 127
Hours and Oscars for Slumdog
Millionaire, turns to mind games with his latest film. Trance opens masterfully as an ironic art heist caper with a twist
of amnesia. It turns...
Major League Player
When
Jackie Robinson crossed the color line at Ebbets Field in 1947, many Americans
weren’t ready to see a black man play ball in the same league as white men.
Seven years before the U.S. Supreme Court ruled against legal...
Doing Good Against Impossible Odds
In
White Elephant, Villa Virgen is an
enormous cinderblock, scrap metal and packing board slum in Buenos Aires.
Living there are 30,000 souls, squatters whose meager social services are
provided by a young social worker...
Film department sponsors research center for Indian director
Home Movies/Out on Digital
The overlooked masterpiece of psychological suspense stars Robin Williams as a photo developer in a big box mart. He’s as blandly unremarkable as his surroundings until he develops an obsession for a young family...
The overlooked masterpiece of psychological suspense stars Robin Williams as a photo developer in a big box mart. He’s as blandly unremarkable as his surroundings until he develops an obsession for a young family...
The 1974 film by Italy’s Fernando Di Leo was just the
thing Quentin Tarantino devoured in his formative years. It’s a crime drama,
populated by quirky-funny gangsters and corrupt cops (who won’t cross certain
lines), speaking...
Russell Crowe towers over Broken City as the power-mad mayor of New York; Mark Wahlberg is
capable as the hard-charging ex-cop-cum-PI he hires to...
Vietnam was the quicksand France
fell into after World War II and America soon followed. Pulitzer Prize-winner
Peter Arnett's documentary is a fair-minded overview of the costly, confused
struggle that cost hundreds...
Young bohemian artist Sarah (Lizzy Caplan) hesitates over moving in with her boyfriend of two years, the alt rock singer Kevin (Geoffrey Arend). And her unease turns to mortification when Kevin proposes marriage to her during...
Out on Blu-ray/DVD
By Lisa Miller
This conspiracy thriller is surprisingly credible and features the best Nicolas Cage performance in years. Following his wife's (Jones) brutal rape, English teacher Will Gerard (Cage), accepts the sort of offer you can't refuse from a stranger......
By Lisa Miller
This conspiracy thriller is surprisingly credible and features the best Nicolas Cage performance in years. Following his wife's (Jones) brutal rape, English teacher Will Gerard (Cage), accepts the sort of offer you can't refuse from a stranger......
For the week of May 14
By Lisa Miller
Gina Carano, the star of Haywire, is a real-life mixed martial arts fighter. Unlike most waif-like actresses cast in similar roles, at 5'8" and 145 pounds, Carano looks like the real McCoy. When she defeats any number of male assailants, her brute strength......
By Lisa Miller
The issue of a woman raped by a pair of lusty gods, when we meet Theseus (Henry Cavill), he is a grown man who clings to his mommy, and has learned the fighting arts from a kindly sage (John Hurt) serving as his father figure......
Releases for Feb. 28
By Lisa Miller
The undeniably handsome Hugo draws visual poetry from both its storyline and its setting in a Parisian train station. Adapted from Brian Selznick's book, The Invention of Hugo Cabret, the film's first half depicts the travails of orphaned 12-year-old......
By Lisa Miller
This ensemble production trades plausibility for a shot at winning a congeniality award. Stiller plays Josh Kovacs, building manager of a Trump-like Tower. His daily pep talk to staff reminds them that security and service distinguish......
Releases for Jan. 27
By Lisa Miller
Author Mark Obmascik became interested in the Big Year, a 365-day bird-watching marathon, because it sends birders crisscrossing North America to sight the highest possible number of avian species. Each birder spends a small......
Home Video Releases: 01/10/12 to 01/23/12
By Lisa Miller
"Moneyball" views pro baseball from an insider's perspective, observing opposing camps caught in the seismic shift ushering in a new era. The film opens in 2001. After losing their championship bid and small roster of star players......
By Lisa Miller
In the fifth installment of the long-lived Final Destination franchise, a group of young people escapes a horrific death, then slowly realize that death continues to stalk them. The same premise informs all five films. A young man foresees a terrible......
By Lisa Miller
We meet Cataleya as a child in Columbia where she escapes a brutal crime lord who murders her parents. She gains entry to the U.S. and moves in with her uncle Emilio (Cliff Curtis), an assassin. Fifteen years later, Cataleya has learned his trade, and has......
By Lisa Miller
Adapted from a graphic novel by Scott Mitchell, this sci-fi movie examines mankind's ability to fight back when extraterrestrials invade an isolated western town during the 1800s. Cowboys & Aliens offers few surprises, but......
