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A State Divided
Sometimes Democrats are in charge, and sometimes Republicans are in power. Sometimes Democrats share power with Republicans. At the end of the day, deals get worked out, bargains are struck, and neighbors and friends agree to disagree but remain on good terms.

Development Is Central to South Side Race
Pérez said he would like to cut regulations and red tape so that small businesses and entrepreneurs could receive more consistent, timely responses from the city.

End in Sight
Galloway’s Senate career was short and bizarre. Galloway was one of those Republican extremists elected in the Tea Party “Obama Backlash Election” of 2010 that not only gave Walker the governorship, but also gave Republicans control of both houses of the Legislature.

Heroes of the Week
The nonprofit Cathedral Center (845 N. Van Buren St.), incorporated in 2002, provides emergency shelter and case management services for women and families who are homeless or experiencing a housing crisis. Families include single mothers or fathers, as well as married couples with children.

Issue of the Week
In short order Wisconsin’s Republican majority voted to promote the teaching of abstinence over contraception in sex ed classes; ban abortion coverage in private insurance policies sold on an insurance exchange; require physicians to determine if a...

BORIS&DORIS [ON THE TOWN]
Troy Semandel, Kelsey Barber, Bob Tiede, Claire Muza, Danielle Bailey, Jessica Mutsch, Dana Jacobsen,.

Bay View Still in Love With LuLu
The action started to pick up at the Bay View intersection of Kinnickinnic, Lincoln and Howell in 2001, with the opening of LuLu. Today, this vibrant area is filled with bars and restaurants. And more than a decade later, amid many changes to the neighborhood, LuLu remains a draw.

What’s Cooking in the Third Ward?
“We want to make sure that our students have the most well-rounded experience, so that they’re ready to enter the workforce as soon as they graduate. We’ll teach everything from the management side of the business to the food-ordering side and all of the cooking.

Milwaukee Ballet’s Dancers for All Seasons
When performers are as charismatic as these, it’s easy to take their classical chops for granted. Pink brings dancers into the company primarily on the strength of their classical technique; and indeed, they can make impossible feats appear as natural as smiling.

This Week In Milwaukee
Perhaps no band better bridged the chasm between sleazy, Sunset Strip glam-metal and arty alternative rock better than Jane’s Addiction, the group that helped lay the groundwork for what frontman Perry Farrell described as “the Alternative Nation.

The Light ‘In Darkness’
“Poldek” Socha is a meatyfaced, crude man who cusses like a sailor as he navigates the sewers of Lvov, a Polish city under German occupation during World War II. He’s nobody’s idea of a hero, but, like a bluecollar Schindler with dirt under his nails, he eventually saves a group of Jews from the relentless machinery of the Holocaust.

FILM CLIPS
Complete film coverage online at expressmilwaukee.com.

Milwaukee Rep’s Pleasing ‘Patsy Cline’
Directed by Sandy Ernst, the Milwaukee Rep’s production of the musical casts Kelley Faulkner in the lead role of Cline, who stood above many singers of her time with the rich depth of her voice. Faulkner is paired with Angela Iannone, who makes use of a believable Southern accent to enhance her role as Louise Seger, one of Cline’s biggest fans.

Renaissance Closes Its Season With ‘Honour’
Wohlrabe is every bit the youth she’s playing here. As a member of the Milwaukee Rep’s Acting Intern Ensemble last year, she made a notable performance in the company’s inaugural “Rep Lab.” In that show, she managed to create a dynamic stage presence in Neil LaBute’s The Furies.

Rep Pursues Love ‘In the Next Room’
In its early stages, vibrators were used to treat women (and some men) for “hysteria” and induce what is known today as an orgasm. So the good doctor ends up with happy and relaxed wives—all, that is, except for his own wife, Catherine, who hears the procedure and its effects in the next room.

Museum of Wisconsin Art Weaves Dual Opening
The unique fiber art in “Uncommon Threads” includes ordinary materials such as beads, buttons, needles and thread. Art and function have been woven together as expressions of creativity ever since people first started fashioning garments and linens.

RAM Hosts Cridler’s Works of Metal
Across our nation, streets tagged “Main” are in dismal decay. Downtown Racine is no exception, as the county has been hit hard by the recession. That said, 441 Main St. in Racine shines like a beacon on the shores of Lake Michigan as the home of the Racine Art Museum (RAM).

Benjamin Busch Explores Life in ‘DUST TO DUST’
Benjamin Busch was raised in rural New York and currently lives on a farm in Michigan with his wife and two daughters. He is an actor, a photographer, a film director, and a writer. His acting credits include roles in the HBO series “The Wire” and “Generation Kill,” as well as “Homicide: Life on the Street” and “The West Wing.

Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra's ‘Celtic Celebration’
Ivers will join the MSO for a more public concert this weekend. The nine-time All-Ireland fiddle champion brings impeccable credentials to a concert billed as a “Celtic Celebration.”.

The Florentine Opera’s Loving ‘Susannah’
General Director William Florescu took a commendable risk in staging this relatively unfamiliar modern American opera. I can rave about Erhard Rom’s corrugated set with its feminine mountains and stiff reeds, the church descending like a guillotine and its crucifix a giant, tipping absence.

Megafaun Wings It
Megafaun is on the unglamorous end of one of music’s most romanticized origin stories. In 2006, singer-songwriter Justin Vernon left his band DeYarmond Edison and moved from North Carolina back to his native Wisconsin, where he retreated to the woods to record his first album as Bon Iver in solitude.

Toots and The Maytals @ The Rave
the list of all-time great reggae success stories, Toots and The Maytals share rarified air with the likes of Bob Marley, Peter Tosh and Jimmy Cliff.

2012 SXSW Recap: A Very Crowded Party
It’s not entirely clear what the annual South By Southwest music festival accomplishes anymore. Once an industry shindig where buzz bands played in hopes of landing a record deal, the four-day event (10 days, counting the film and interactive...

Music Listings
Daddy’s Rockin Steakhouse (South Milwaukee),.

CD Reviews
(Nightmare Records) Metal vocalist Lance King has come a long ways since his days of playing T.A. Vern’s in the early ’90s with the Minneapolis-based band Gemini. Over 21 years, he has fronted several other bands (most notably, Balance of Power), and he released his first solo album late last year.

‘ Dialogue with Laura Gordon’
LG: And a woman’s sense of wholeness—knowing who you are. Playwright Joanna Murray-Smith has written it beautifully. (thoughtfully) These themes of identity seem to be coming to me right now at this professional crossroads in my life… It’s interesting… MK: Do you prefer acting or directing? LG: They both feed each other.

No Time Like Now For a Re-Revamping
Two years ago, a midseason trade for John Salmons energized the Bucks and helped propel them to the NBA playoffs for the first time in four years. But in a scenario all too familiar over the last decade, the good times didn’t last.

Sexpress
I’ve been quite worried lately about my sex life with my partner. He’s great, but I can’t seem to get off. I have many times before, but only with myself and from stimulating the clitoris. Could you give us some tips on how I can actually have the “Big O” with my partner?.

Krakowiak, East of Jive Turkey
I feel the same as if I’d stepped on a soggy five-dollar bill in the men’s room stall, raced to the bank for a quick deposit so’s to keep my account above water, and noticed later that the gal behind the counter must’ve got goofy ’cause my bank balance shows $500,000.