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Friday, May 16,2008
Von Munz Exhibit
Tonight @ the Luckystar Studio - 6 p.m.
The Luckystar Studio at 5407 W. Vliet St., holds an opening reception for its newest exhibit tonight, collection of rock posters by prolific silk-screener Eric Von Munz, who has designed posters for Queens of the Stone Age and The White Stripes. The Reception begins at 6 p.m., with all limited-edition poster prints selling . . .
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Friday, May 16,2008
Blue Öyster Cult
Tonight @ the Potawatomi Bingo Casino - 9 p.m.
After playing together for more than 40 years, ironically, Blue Öyster Cult have reached the point where they do need to fear the reaper. They don’t, however, need to worry about their legacy, which is well cemented. They were one of the bands that lent a literary edge to heavy-metal songwriting—they were also the . . .
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Friday, May 16,2008
Troublemaker
Tonight @ the Jackalope Lounj - 10 p.m.
Los Angeles’ Troublemaker is no stranger to high-profile paying gigs, having DJed Arnold Schwarzenegger’s 60th birthday party and remixed Linkin Park for their Reanimation album. Troublemaker’s brand of electronica is every bit as suave as you’d expect from a guy who’s managed to make . . .
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Friday, May 16,2008
Le Mystere Des Voix Bulgares
Tonight @ the Pabst Theater - 8 p.m.
Le Mystere Des Voix Bulgares (The Mystery of the Bulgarian Voices) has actually been recording since the 1950s, when they were known as the Bulgarian State Television Female Vocal Choir, but they became widely known in the late ’80s when they were discovered by Bauhaus’ Peter Murphy and began recording for 4AD . . .
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Friday, May 16,2008
Mike Speenberg
Tonight @ Jokerz Comedy Club - 8 and 10 p.m
Stand-up comedian Mike Speenberg, host of the SpeenbergRadio.com podcast and a guest on the “Paul Harvey Radio Show,” does two shows at Jokerz Comedy Club tonight, at 8 and 10 p.m. Speenberg’s is a gentler, more grounded version of the southern good-old boy comedy popularized recently by a set of blue-collar . . .
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Friday, May 16,2008
Two Rooms
Tonight @ Bucketworks - 8 p.m.
Spiral Theater opens their two-weekend production of Lee Blessing’s tense drama on American/Middle Eastern relations, Two Rooms, tonight with an 8 p.m. performance at Bucketworks. The play depicts the symbolic connection between a college professor, kidnapped and blindfolded somewhere in Beirut, and . . .
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Thursday, May 15,2008
Express Yourself Milwaukee presents “Celebrate”
Today @ The Helfaer Theatre - noon and 6 p.m.
Every year, Express Yourself Milwaukee, Inc., a non-profit group that mentors at-risk youth through the arts, concludes its year with a lavish showcase. This year’s, which is performed at noon and 6 p.m. today at Marquette University’s Helfaer Theater, is themed “Celebrate” because it coincides with the . . .
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Thursday, May 15,2008
La Bayadere
Tonight @ the Marcus Center - 7:30 p.m.
Milwaukee Ballet ends its season this weekend with one final, mixed-repertory program featuring three vastly different pieces, each with a different emotional pitch, including legendary choreographer Anthony Tudor’s “Offenbach in the Underworld,” and “Aubade,” a premiere piece choreographed by Milwaukee . . .
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Thursday, May 15,2008
Community Shares of Greater Milwaukee Benefit Concert
Tonight @ Yield - 8 p.m.
Two of Milwaukee’s biggest active alternative-rock bands show their support for the social justice organization Community Shares of Greater Milwaukee (CSGM) tonight by playing a benefit event for the non-profit group at Yield. Fever Marlene and On a Sun headline the 8 p.m. all-night event, which will also feature . . .
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AP - President Barack Obama says he wants Congress to pass legislation giving the government greater regulatory authority over financial institutions like American International Group.
Sources: Pentagon to stop forced tour extension
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AP - The Army will substantially reduce use of the unpopular practice of holding troops beyond their enlistment dates and will pay $500 to those still forced to stay in the service, defense and congressional officials said Wednesday.
AIG head shares US anger of bonuses but backs them
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AP - The chief executive officer of failed insurance conglomerate AIG acknowledged Wednesday that the company's multimillion-dollar bonuses were "distasteful" to many and had provoked a firestorm of wrath. "I share that anger," Edward Liddy, chairman and CEO of the American International Group Inc., said in testimony prepared for Congress.
Analysis: White House, Dems backpedaling on AIG
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AP - For the first time since last fall's election, Democrats and the Obama administration are backpedaling furiously on an issue easily understood by financially strapped taxpayers: $165 million in bonuses paid out at bailed-out AIG.
Pence: Return AIG donations
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Politico - House Republican Conference Chairman Mike Pence is urging politicians from both parties to strongly consider returning campaign contributions from AIG.
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AIG head shares US anger of bonuses but backs them
(AP)
AP - The chief executive officer of failed insurance conglomerate AIG acknowledged Wednesday that the company's multimillion-dollar bonuses were "distasteful" to many and had provoked a firestorm of wrath. "I share that anger," Edward Liddy, chairman and CEO of the American International Group Inc., said in testimony prepared for Congress.
Obama seeks greater rein on financial institutions
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AP - President Barack Obama says he wants Congress to pass legislation giving the government greater regulatory authority over financial institutions like American International Group.
Consumer prices rise by largest amount in 7 months
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AP - Consumer prices rose in February by the largest amount in seven months as gasoline prices surged again and clothing costs jumped the most in nearly two decades.
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