This Month in Milwaukee

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This Month in Milwaukee

SIX THINGS TO DO IN NOVEMBER

NOVEMBER 11 Mustard Plug with Something To Do and Size 5’s X-Ray Arcade

Midwest ska legends Mustard Plug are back on the road, and they’ll be coming to Cudahy’s X-Ray Arcade. The band brings nearly three decades of music with them, having toured the world multiple times over. They’ll be assisted by local breakout ska act Something To Do, as well as skate punks Size 5’s. Tickets are available now at XRayArcade.com.

NOVEMBER 12 Mr. Nice Guy Presents North Warren, The Panoptics, SSAANN, The Midnight Purchase Cactus Club

Since the development of the Mr. Nice Guy Podcast, host Ben Slowey has curated a series of concerts that showcase the up-and-coming acts in Milwaukee’s music scene. On Friday, November 12, Cactus Club will host four newer names in indie rock with North Warren, The Panoptics, SSAANN, and The Midnight Purchase. A portion of the proceeds from the show will also benefit a charity of choice. Tickets are on sale now at CactusClubMilwaukee.com.

NOVEMBER 15 Gastro Osbscura: A Food Adventurer’s Guide Boswell Books

Ever wonder what they eat during those long winters at Antarctic base camps? Antarctica is one of the seven continents whose cuisine is explored in Gastro Obscura. Authors Cecily Wong and Dylan Thuras scoured the world looking for odd foods and odd food stories, going beyond the “signature dishes” of nations and regions. It’s not a cookbook and that’s just as well. Some of the entrees fall under the heading of “Don’t try that at home.” The event will be virtual. Register at boswellbooks.com.

NOVEMBER 17 Driveway Thriftdwellers, Paisley Fields and The Sapsuckers Cactus Club

A trio of twangy Americana comes to Bay View when Milwaukee’s own Driveway Thriftdwellers headline a bill with Brooklyn singer/songwriter Paisley Fields and fellow Wisconsinites The Sapsuckers. Driveway Thriftdwellers have released a pair of albums to date, and in since 2018 have established themselves as one of the city’s premier country acts. Tickets are on sale now at CactusClubMilwaukee.com.

NOVEMBER 20-FEBRUARY 22, 2022 Suzanne Rose I Blind Spot: To Pass among Them, Museum of Wisconsin Art

Fine arts photographer Suzanne Rose brings her environmental concerns to the forefront in her striking photos of majestic trees that have been decimated or destroyed by mankind’s cruel intervention. The blackand-white imagery, styled to invoke crime scene photos, are accompanied by GPS coordinates of each tree’s location, creating a map of ongoing, and seemingly unending, environmental violence that gallery goers can view firsthand after seeing the exhibit. (Michael Muckian)

NOVEMBER 26 Playboi Carti The Eagles Ballroom

One of contemporary rap’s heaviest hitters is coming to The Rave/Eagles Ballroom for a show that will more than likely draw a capacity crowd. Playboi Carti first rose to prominence with “Magnolia” off of his 2017 self-titled album and has since amassed hundreds of millions of streams for a slew of big records, both for himself and collaborations. With a rabid following online, Carti is definitely bringing a party like none other. Tickets are available now at TheRave.com.

BY ALLEN HALAS, DAVID LUHRSSEN AND MICHAEL MUCKIAN