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Onion Events Newsletter - Milwaukee [September 9 - 15]
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| MILWAUKEE | Tuesday, September 9, 2008 - Monday, September 15, 2008 | |
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| Tuesday, September 9, 8 p.m. | Spiritualized | |
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What the A.V. Club has to say about Spiritualized's "Songs in A&E": "Songs In A&E is Pierce's best work since Ladies And Gentlemen We Are Floating In Space---and easily his most personal... But even for an album whose final words are "funeral home" (on the heartbreaking eulogy "Goodnight, Goodnight"), there's still plenty of uplift, from the Can-esque freak-blues of "I Gotta Fire" and "Yeah Yeah" to the gospel sing-along of "Soul On Fire," which boasts one of the most stirring choruses Pierce has ever written. Death has never sounded so alive." A.V. Club Rating: A Turner Hall | |
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| Saturday, September 13 and Sunday, September 14 | Global Union | |
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Milwaukee's most diverse music festival is back for its third year! Global Union, a free outdoor world music festival, brings bands from the four corners of the globe to Humboldt Park in Bay View, making Milwaukee the red
hot epicenter of the universe for one weekend in September. Lineup: Saturday, September 13 Lamajamal (Gypsy Surf Rock) Prasanna (India) Nation Beat (Brazil/New Orleans) Vieux Farka Toure (Mali) Sunday, September 14 Reelroad (Russia) Mamak Khadem (Iran) Maraca (Cuba) Samba Mapangala (Congo) Bay View's Humboldt Park | |
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| Tuesday, September 16, 6-9pm | Fall Wine Tasting Extravaganza benefiting In Tandem Theatre | |
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Come join us for a fall wine tasting to benefit In Tandem Theatre, hosted in a historic lakefront mansion at 2339 North Lake Terrace Avenue, on Milwaukee's East Side. Wine Maniacs has selected an array of special wines for the tasting, and arranged for master vintner Benedetto D'Arrigo of Tola Vineyards in Sicily to present his exciting insights. Light appetizers, entrancing music and a spectacular silent auction--featuring gourmet dinners, theater tickets from local favorites, and a luxurious massage, among other prizes--should make this evening an event to remember. (All this for your tax-deductible donation of $50.) Proceeds from this event help In Tandem continue providing quality theater to Milwaukee. Space is limited, so please call 414-271-1371 or email intandem@sbcglobal.net to order your tickets. You can also mail your check to: In Tandem Theatre, 628 N. 10th Street, Milwaukee, WI 53233. Wine Maniacs | |
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| September 5-21 | Oktoberfest | |
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Three great weekends from Sept. 5-21, at Heidelberg Park behind the Bavarian Inn. This authentic fall festival features brass bands, Bavarian folk dancers, yodelers, music and dancing for everyone. German food and beer available. Friday $5, 5 pm-Midnite, Saturday $5, 4 pm-Midnite, Sunday $4 & FREE for Seniors, Noon - 7 pm. Sponsored by the United German Societies. bavarianinnmilw.com Heidelberg Park | |
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| Friday, October 3, 6-10pm | 7th Annual WMSE Food Slam | |
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Join us at the 7th ANNUAL WMSE FOOD SLAM - Silent Auction and Tasting Event at the always amazing Eisner American Museum of Advertising and Design. Sample tasty edible wares from some of the city's best restaurants! Bid on unique and one-of-a-kind auction packages! Proceeds will benefit community-powered WMSE Radio. Tickets are just $25 in advance or $30 at the door. Tickets are available here. This is a 21 & over event. Sponsored by: The Milwaukee Ale House Dee's Wine Stop Michael Best & Friedrich LLP Clark Graphics Bella's Fat Cat Maxies Southern Comfort The Onion Eisner American Museum of Advertising and Design | |
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| Friday, October 3, 8 p.m | My Morning Jacket | |
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My Morning Jacket has garnered a lot of attention for being something that's all too rare: a good, old-fashioned Southern rock band with arty ambitions. That means the guys in the band have both hair and brains that are known to swing around, and the mystique certainly adds to a string of albums that are strong and digressive. The latest is Evil Urges, a new album that dials down the fabled My Morning Jacket reverb and plays around with singer Jim James' singular voice. Riverside Theater | |
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| September 16-October 12 | State of the Union | |
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The Republicans are looking for a new Presidential candidate in 1946, and they pin all their hopes on Grant Matthews, a charismatic, successful businessman with no prior involvement in politics. When Matthews' estranged wife
encourages him to stand firm with his honest, outspoken style, he soon discovers that he must choose between political ambition and moral principles. This Pulitzer Prize-winning drama offers a shrewd and witty look at affairs of state as well as affairs of the heart.
Milwaukee Rep | |
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| November 7-9 | Widespread Panic | |
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Three nights with Widespread Panic! The final shows of the fall tour, November 7-9 at the Riverside Theater. Tickets are on sale Friday at noon - click here for more info! The Riverside Theater | |
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| This week in A.V. Milwaukee | ||
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The east side has the college kids, Riverwest has the punks, and the Third Ward has snappiest looking motherfuckers in town, but the most purely enjoyable place to live in Milwaukee has to be Bay View. (The A.V. Club
realizes there are about 20 other neighborhoods we haven't mentioned. You guys rock, too.) Bay View has it all: trendy bars, old-time supper clubs, dirty rock 'n' roll venues, the world's friendliest senior citizens, locally owned art galleries, proud Obama supporters, crazy Confederate flag-waving
rednecks, and, of course, the best view of the city off of Lake Michigan. It's not heaven, it's the south side. Still not convinced of Bay View's awesomeness? This weekend offers some great opportunities to sample the candy-coated trees and Martini-flavored water of this magical 'hood. On Saturday is the fifth annual Bay View Bash, which almost don't happen this year before the Bay View Historical Association stepped in and saved the day. Now the bash is back on with more than 20 bands on three stages and more than 100 vendors. Also on Saturday is the Global Union world music festival, which takes place in beautiful Humboldt Park and runs through Sunday. Global Union welcomes eight acts this year, from places like Iran, Russia, and Cuba. Aren't we supposed to be fighting with these people? The A.V. Club explores whether art will conquer politics in this week?s issue. You'll have to venture out of Bay View to see it, but Alverno Presents is teaming up with WMSE for a pre-Global Union concert Friday at Todd Wehr Conference Center featuring Prague's baddest avant garde rock 'n' roll band Plastic People Of The Universe and Little Cow! of Hungary. For those who don't keep up with the underground Czech scene, PPU was fighting commies in central Europe back when American bands were rolling around in the mud at Woodstock. To say seeing the band live is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity would be understatement. | |
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| Thursday, September 11, 10 p.m. | Neil Hamburger + Pleaseeasaur, Aaron Vold | |
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The fictional Neil Hamburger is an awful comedian: He coughs loudly between jokes, mangles punchlines, and gets uncomfortably personal with the audience. Hamburger's calculated worst translates to some of the best, most
inventive stand-up around, but it hews a little too closely to Weird Al territory on the new Sings Country Winners, which finds him fronting a honky-tonk group (including moonlighting members of The Tubes and The Rentals) and putting tears in beers with pedal-steel snifflers such as "Please
Ask That Clown To Stop Crying." His set here will stick mostly to jokes (thankfully?) though a song or two might get thrown in. Most of the night's musical wackiness will come from Seattle's Pleaseeasaur: Lounge lizard J.P. Hasson--aided by multimedia projectionist/costume designer Thomas Hurley
III--sings cheesy songs over Casio beats while wearing a polar bear costume, among other things. Opening the show is Aaron Vold, a member of Decibully who's been moonlighting lately as a stand-up comic.
Cactus Club | |
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Box Office |
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| Saturday, September 13, 3 + 7:30 p.m | The Capitol Steps | |
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Email promo@theonion.com with "Capitol Steps" in the subject line for your chance to win a pair of tickets from your friends at The Onion.
Schauer Center | |
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| Wednesday, September 17, 7:30-9:00 | Edelweiss Wine Tasting Cruise | |
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Enjoy a night out on the lake with a Wisconsin Cheese Maker while sampling six different wines paired with the cheese maker's cheeses. Hors d'oeuvres will also be on board to compliment the cheese and wine selections. Each
passengers will then receive three glasses of wine of their choosing to enjoy for the remainder of the cruise. The Edelweiss provides an ambient yet social atmosphere along with excellent food and drink on a one-of-a-kind cruise. Visit edelweissboats.com for more details or call 414 276 SHIP to make your reservations. Email promo@theonion.com with "Edelweiss" in the subject line for your chance to win a pair of tickets from your friends at The Onion. | |
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| Friday, October 3, 8 p.m | My Morning Jacket | |
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Email promo@theonion.com with "MMJ" in the subject line for your chance to win a pair of tickets from your friends at The Onion.
The Riverside Theater | |
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| September 16-October 12 | State of the Union | |
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Email promo@theonion.com with "Mil Rep" in the subject line for your chance to win a pair of tickets from your friends at The Onion.
Milwaukee Rep | |
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