The way the painted arches flowed into the midnight blue ceiling scattered with twinkling lights, coupled with the scaffolding’s tight embrace of the stage made Dawes’ performance at the Barrymore Theatre on Monday night feel like a night straight out of an indie film. As the venue slowly filled up, it became abundantly clear to me how devoted and appreciative Dawes’ fans are.
Amidst the annual Super Bowl buzz, audiences were gifted with the first look at the return of Netflix’s hit sci-fi series, “Stranger Things.” Although the trailer for the second season lasted only 30 seconds, it was packed with a myriad of clues for eager fans to pick apart in anticipation of the official release on Halloween. For starters, the trailer begins with a vintage “Eggo” commercial, immediately drawing fans in with Eleven’s beloved trademark food.
“La La Land” is a movie about two beautiful people who are in love and are also following their dreams and also enjoy breaking out into song and dance sometimes.
The Barrymore Theater may be a little out of the way for most UW-Madison students, but on Monday night, it will certainly be the place to be.
Working out of Made You Look Custom Tattoos, located on East Washington Ave, is a humble, veteran artist named Jesus Reyes, otherwise known as “Cartoon.” He is the older brother of Albert Reyes, an artist previously featured on Weekly Ink who works out of Colt’s Timeless Tattoos.
The earthy, muted Capitol Theater at the Overture Center provided a canvas for the Baraboo-raised and Madison-propelled band, Phox.
With the release of Process, Sampha, the rising British star who has been working in the shadows for so many years, has finally come to the forefront.
Church, specifically the Catholic Church, has never been more interesting than it is in “The Young Pope.” Created by Paolo Sorrentino (“This Must Be The Place,” “Youth,” “The Great Beauty”), the new HBO show follows Lenny Belardo (Jude Law) who is anointed Pope Pius XIII at the age of 46.
When 29-year-old pop singer Jesse McCartney caught his first wave of stardom circa 2004, fangirls followed his every move both in magazines and real life. His bright, green eyes, casually disarrayed bowl cut and sweet love song formula put him solidly in the same generation of teen idols as Aaron Carter and Hilary Duff.
Never before in the history of music has the word “butterscotch” been used so many times in a single half-hour (seven by my count). Three years after the revolutionary album Neon Icon, Riff Raff is still somehow making outlandish, cringe-worthy, yet extremely entertaining music.
As I wiggled a pair of stiff jeans over my hips in the packed State Street Urban Outfitters dressing room on Sunday, a fellow dressing room patron ran into their friend. “You going to D.R.A.M. tonight?” said friend one. “Of course!” friend two responded.
If there are two things I love, it’s murder mysteries and cliché high school dramas. So naturally, “Riverdale” appealed to me immediately. The pilot managed to do a perfect job of taking those two things and smashing them together to form one big, dark teen drama conglomerate.
At a 2015 concert in the Milwaukee Rave, the duo from Twenty One Pilots gave each other fresh tattoos on the stage.
Maybe I’m just a sucker for a quiet banjo and a British accent, but up on the balcony section of High Noon Saloon, above a canopy of stringed lights on a Thursday night, London-based folk band Bear’s Den reminded me just how possible it is to smile and shed a tear at the same time.
The pull of Netflix star Joe Keery, who plays Steve Harrington in the hit show “Stranger Things,” led many curious students to Memorial Union’s Der Rathskeller to see Keery’s band, Post Animal, perform Saturday night. The Chicago-based band is a six-piece unit of talented musicians, but typically the band’s media coverage, and even audience turnout, are almost comically focused on Keery’s involvement with “Stranger Things.” Despite this attention, not all six boys were present Saturday—take a guess which one was missing.
Migos break the system and give us CULTURE with no apology. In a record-label dictated industry and a politically shattering country, Migos’ trio of Quavo, Offset and Takeoff are just warming up.
Following the events of “Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens,” “Episode VIII” will hit theaters Dec. 15 of this year, but has remained nameless—until Monday morning.
Multi-disciplinary, Milwaukee-based visual artist Jason S. Yi addressed his work and community artistic engagement yesterday afternoon as part of the UW Art Department’s weekly Visiting Artist Colloquium series at the Elvehjem.
#OscarsSoWhite dominated last year’s Academy Awards, pointing out what anyone paying attention already knew: movies have a lot of white people, and the Oscars rewards those white people. The uproar sparked a genuine conversation about representation on screen, and in June, the Academy sent out 683 new member invitations, 46 percent of which were given to females and 41 percent of which to people of color.
2017 marks the beginning of a new period filled with uncertainty and anxiety for countless Americans across the country. The past year and a half showcased the rise of a prolific businessman and reality television star to the most powerful position in the world. Not only has Donald Trump been the most controversial presidential candidate ever, but at a more basic level, it seems that he values his personal goals over those of the country he now leads.
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