Music - July 7, 2008
Post-Big Gig, Shank announces string of shows
Don't think just because the smoke has cleared from the Big Gig, summer music is dead in Milwaukee. Today, Peter Jest announces a string of new summer bookings at Shank Hall, 1434 N. Farwell Ave.
Tags: Shank Hall, Peter Jest, Leon Redbone, Stephen Kellogg, Shannon Curfman, Bernard Allison, Ron Sexsmith, The Gourds, Damien Dempsey, Mike Mangione, Coco Montoya, Sick of Sarah, Melissa Ferrick

Milwaukee Buzz - Nov. 5, 2007
"Pro-Lifers" bark up the wrong tree
Last night I went to see lesbian folk rocker Melissa Ferrick. On my way in, I noticed a group of Anti-Choice protestors.
Tags: Shank Hall, Anti-Choice, lesbian, Melissa Ferrick, protestors

Arts & Entertainment - Sept. 22, 2007
The unbearable queerness of being
To celebrate our birthdays, Tina and I bought tickets for each other to this past Wednesday's Ani DiFranco concert at the Riverside.
Tags: Ani DiFranco, Riverside Theater, Melissa Ferrick, lesbian, homophobic

Music - Sept. 20, 2007
Cradle-rocking Ani DiFranco rocked the Riverside, too
With an 8-month-old baby waiting in the wings, Ani DiFranco played a knock-out show at the Riverside last night.
Tags: Ani DiFranco, Riverside, Righteous Babe Records, Melissa Ferrick, New Orleans, folk, fingerstyle