Shepherd Express
Smart, Informed, Opinionated: The Shepherd Express is Milwaukee's alternative news source covering arts & entertainment, food, culture and politics.
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Latest posts
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Larry Penn’s Enduring Legacy
The Milwaukee singer-songwriter stood up for “the little guy” and the marginalized.
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Wisconsin Filmmaker Kyle Arpke Speaks on ‘The New Extinction’
The documentary focuses on Kenosha academic paleontologist Thomas Carr and commercial fossil hunter Alan Detrich will be screened this month at a New York film festival.
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The Insiders review the latest Marquette poll, state of key races ahead of Tuesday's vote
Chvala and Jensen chart the final stretch of the 2026 Wisconsin midterm election, including the final polls and campaign spending in top races.
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Free Will Astrology: Week of Nov. 2, 2026
What's in the stars for this week? Find out with your Free Will Astrology horoscope.
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Poll Question: November 2, 2026
Do you think Donald Trump will launch new attacks on Iran after the midterm election?
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Getting Over The Hill
Getting to the top of the hill means a new view, plus a full calendar of events this month!
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Dear Embarrassed but willing to change
As females, we received the message, early on, that we needed to put others’ needs in front of our own. We act on autopilot until we realize that we need to take care of ourselves first.
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From The City That Always Sweeps
For cripes sakes, didn’t we just have the Halloween schmutz with the candy and costumes and now we get the cranberry plus Sahara-dried turkey white meat served with a side-course of political palaver?
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Ballerina Marize Fumero and Milwaukee Ballet’s Snow White Story
After 12 years with Milwaukee Ballet, and 11 as a leading artist, Michael Pink’s reimagining of Snow White, Mirror Mirror, will be her farewell performance.
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Two Brothers One Mind Combines Magic, Comedy and Audience Participation
The brothers have their annual Halloween variety show at Brumder Mansion this Friday, October 30 and Saturday, October 31.
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October Restaurant News
Milwaukee Vegan Restaurant Week returns with 35 participating restaurants, the Milwaukee Bucks introduced new foods available at Fiserv Forum for the 2026-27 NBA season, and a Japanese manga-inspired restaurant has closed.
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‘Great White Throne’ Confronts Challenges Women Face
Great White Throne at Renaissance Theaterworks is a masterful confrontation of the challenges women face and questions they must answer when their lives have been dictated by the men present in it.
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White Lilies, by Sirintip
White Lilies runs through six songs in less than 25 minutes, yet Sirintip fills those tracks and that time with tremendous density while churning together jazz, pop, classical and electronica.
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Stay Soft, by Ellie Jackson
Given the right state of mind Ellie Jackson’s album Stay Soft could be the perfect soundtrack for an altered form of transportation thanks to her real or imagined verbal sleights-of-hand.
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Leave That In There, by Sullivan Fortner
Grammy-winning jazz pianist Sullivan Fortner steps back from the revisitation of his New Orleans roots on last year's Southern Nights to the accessible experimentation of 2023's Solo Game.
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Norma Merrick Sklarek: Redefining Public, edited by Monica Ponce de Leon
In 1950, Sklarek was the only Black woman to graduate from Columbia with a BA in architecture. She went on to become the first Black woman licensed as an architect in New York and California.
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Jesse Jackson: The Last Interview and Other Conversations, Introduction by Al Sharpton
In his introduction, Al Sharpton acclaims Jackson’s influence as an heir to “the prophetic tradition of the Black church” and his insistence that “the working people of every color in this country."
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Día de los Muertos Annual Celebration at Forest Home Cemetery
Forest Home Cemetery in partnership with Mercadera Market, held its traditional annual holiday ‘Día de los Muertos’ Festival on Saturday, October 24, 2026.
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Revel49’s Collin Price on Real Estate Development in ‘Indian Country’
Price believes “Indian Country” can do more. More business. More development. More building. More opportunities for tribal people to create something of their own.
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Timothy Scott Invites Black and Brown Folks to Enjoy the Outdoors with Urban Nature Connection
Nonprofit Urban Nature Connection offers free and accessible opportunities year-round for Black and Brown folks to be immersed in Milwaukee nature.