Arts

March 9, 2020

Since the fall of 2019, Milwaukee has been lucky enough to be home to Lion's Tooth, a small press subscription service that aims to spread the good word of books and graphic novels to adults, young adults, and ...

Co-opted activism, meddling adults get sent up in Highland Community School’s ‘Justice For Pluto’

February 26, 2020

"The irony of this one is that it's all about using children as props to further your agenda. If I'm not careful, I could be doing the same thing."Those aren't the typical concerns of a performing arts dire...

Fasten your seatbelts for the 2020 Diorama-Rama, coming to Lakefront Brewery March 31

February 26, 2020

Among its many oddities—beer, the Bronze Fonz, Bob Uecker—Milwaukee is home to the world's first museum diorama. In 1890, Carl Akeley, a.k.a. the "father of modern taxidermy," created a muskrat colony diorama f...

20 Years Later: Lion’s Tooth co-owner Cris Siqueira in conversation with Eric Reynolds

February 6, 2020

Eric Reynolds is one of the most well respected and loved figures in the world of alternative comics. He is loved by cartoonists, loved by fans, loved by booksellers, and loved by journalists like myself. When ...

Got a downtown wall that could use a mural? Answer the “Call for Walls”

February 6, 2020

Murals! Everyone loves murals! It seems a week doesn't go by without another public art masterpiece popping up somewhere in Milwaukee. But now, in a nice twist, a call is being issued for the location of a new ...

We talked to dwellephant about his coffee cup illustrations

January 23, 2020

On Sunday morning, Turner Hall Ballroom will be full and caffeinated during the inaugural Coffee And Donut Festival. Unfortunately, the celebration of beloved breakfast standards is sold out. However, the first...

20 Years Later: Lion’s Tooth co-owner Cris Siqueira in conversation with Peter Bagge

January 9, 2020

Peter Bagge should be a household name. Sure, he's one of the most notorious underground cartoonists (you're welcome for the oxymoron), but he really should be indecently famous by now. The amazing (and tragica...

Want to paint a mural on the 2nd Street skywalk of The Avenue? Apply now!

January 7, 2020

It's been a while since the once-mighty, long-withering Shops of Grand Avenue closed up shops (heh). Now dubbed "The Avenue," the downtown complex is currently being redeveloped. The east end has already been c...

Milwaukee Fringe Festival announces 2020 festival and submission dates

December 16, 2019

Each August since 2016, Milwaukee Fringe Festival has showcased live acts from the worlds of theater, music, dance, and visual art downtown in Pere Marquette Park, Marcus Center’s Wilson Theater at Vogel Hall, ...

Behold Nomad World Pub’s new large-scale, interactive, Pandora-equipped mural

December 9, 2019

Hot on the heels of that Giannis/Yelich/Rodgers triple Wisconsin MVP augmented reality bobblehead puzzle set comes another piece of Milwaukee art that features some hi-tech bells and whistles. On Monday, Nomad ...

20 Years Later: Lion’s Tooth co-owner Cris Siqueira in conversation with Dame Darcy

December 5, 2019

This is the second installment in a series of interviews with legendary cartoonists and publishers I first met in 1997. Back then I was a Brazilian journalist touring the U.S. with the not-so-subtle mission to ...

Here’s the schedule for the 2019 Milwaukee Krampusnacht, coming to the Bavarian Bierhaus December 5

November 12, 2019

If you're looking to spice up your holiday season with a little something off the beaten Hallmark Christmas movie path, look no further: On Thursday, December 5, the third annual Milwaukee Krampusnacht will ret...

20 Years Later: Lion’s Tooth co-owner Cris Siqueira in conversation with Gilbert Hernandez and family

October 24, 2019

In 2017, one day before getting married in Vegas (by the real Elvis, in case you're wondering), my then-future-husband Brock and I met legendary cartoonist Gilbert Hernandez, his wife Carol Kovinick Hernandez, ...

7 takeaways from last night’s ‘Hamilton’ show at Marcus Center for the Performing Arts

October 24, 2019

In case you've been living under a rock or you've been actively avoiding Milwaukee area entertainment news, allow us to be the bearer of good news: Hamilton is in town! If you haven't been keeping up on the 201...

Mural Watch 2019: New mural debuting downtown, new mural doc debuting at Milwaukee Film Festival

October 23, 2019

Do you like murals? Of course you do. And so does Milwaukee. Yes, the city is currently in the throes of a great mural renaissance. A Muralssance? Muraissance? Whatever. All you need to know is that there are 8...

Lion’s Tooth debuts alt-comics subscription service, looks ahead to brick-and-mortar future

October 17, 2019

Milwaukee has a long and storied history with alternative comic books. Local artists like Jim Mitchell and Denis Kitchen were influential figures in the underground comix boom of the 1960s and '70s. Events like...

Hover Craft 2019 announces vendor lineup

September 20, 2019

Since 2009, Hover Craft has brought some of the most skilled local artists, crafters, retailers, and others residing beneath the broad “maker” umbrella together to bring Milwaukee-made goods to area consumers d...

It’s a twister! Buckle up for Lakefront Brewery’s new “Kegnado”

September 3, 2019

The last time we checked in with Lakefront Brewery, things were getting explosive. Now, the beloved Milwaukee brewery is unveiling it's latest whirling dervish: a 40-foot, three-dimensional, LED-lit "Kegnado" t...

5 public art controversies from Milwaukee’s past (and present)