Travel & Visitors Guide - Feb. 11, 2008
Milwaukee's best make-out spots
OnMilwaukee.com isn't suggesting you and your sweetheart get spunky in public. However, it is almost Valentine's Day, making it the perfect time to spontaneously -- or not so spontaneously -- sneak away for a smooch or two.
Tags: kissing, romance, valentine, make out, submarine race, at random, hyatt, pfister, library, oriental

Movies - Oct. 18, 2007
Missing the world's quirkiest movies
Now that the Oriental turns 80 -- or more accurately, turned 80 in July - it's got me thinking about when I moved to Milwaukee nearly 25 years ago and the Oriental was an oasis (which means I've been an Oriental patron for almost a third of its lifetime!).
Tags: Oriental, Landmark, Kubrick, Clockwork Orange, Bongo Man, Land of Left Behind

Movies - Oct. 10, 2007
Oriental celebrates 80 years with silent classic
The Oriental Theatre turned 80 back in July and to celebrate, one of Milwaukee's last remaining movie palaces -- and certainly its most celebrated -- hosts an event on Thursday, Oct. 18 at 6 p.m.
Tags: Oriental, Underworld, Hecht, Alloy Orchestra, Ebert, Saxe, New Land, Violent Femmes, movie palaces, Landmark Lanes

Movies - Oct. 1, 2007
MIFF attendance up
With more than 30 sold-out screenings, it's little surprise that the Milwaukee International Film Festival announced a 26 percent increase in attendance over last year.
Tags: MIFF, Oriental, Times Cinema, Downer, Jon Jackson, Milwaukee International Film Festival

Movies - April 23, 2007
Irony was pretty ironic when "Grindhouse" projector actually broke down
I loved the line by William Shatner in "Airplane II" when he said, " Irony can be pretty ironic sometimes." But how much more ironic could it be that exactly half-way through Sunday night's showing of "Grindhouse" at the Oriental Theatre, the projector actually broke?
Tags: grindhouse, oriental