Jamie Lee Rake

It's probably fair to say that most fusion jazz listeners expect the jazz they hear to be infused with some genres, but not others.

Creepy crawlies at the museum, Cudahy Family Library turns 120, Puerto Rican and Palestinian culture festivals, a dog day in the gardens, and more pack the calendar this week in Milwaukee.

Barefoot Becky and The Ivanhoe Dutchmen are among the acts at the weekend event. “I grew up on a farm and went barefoot all the time.

Whether consciously or otherwise, Panic Shack's bona fides go back over a decade further than the mid-‘90s mall punk explosion.

Boogie Down at Vivarium, comedy at the Argo and birding at Lynden Sculpture Garden are among this week's varied activities.

Walking clubs, garden conversations, book talks and a Father's Day pig roast are on the way for the week ahead.

McGowan and his players, including an all-sibling string quartet of two brothers and as many sisters, integrate art music, jazz, and rock inspirations for a collection of cinematic scope.

Sudan Archives' tonsorial transitions from wildly blown-out afro to snaky Medusa, avant-garde geisha, highly piled tresses outdoing the most regal of African queens that parallel a creativity at least as aurally ambitious.

Mariachi Sol de Mexico de Jóse Hernàndez have done much to bring the original ranchera style into the 21st century by expanding its stylistic base without forsaking its lush, romantic roots.

Lots of bike races this coming week, plus World Cup viewing parties, block parties and an air guitar contest.