Back to School The 10 best places to bring a first date, based on your approximate tax bracket 

Many hot, young things are back to school, and the college dating season is in full swing. We look at 10 of the best date spots around town.

September 7, 2011 | 12:00am -

Interview Donald Ray Pollock

In advance of Pollock’s July 19 reading at Magers & Quinn, he talked with The A.V. Club about feeling like an outsider, the definition of happiness, and fucking up.

July 18, 2011 | 12:00am -

Our First Time Mill City Museum

The Mill City Museum celebrates Minneapolis’ long milling history and is far more engaging than an homage to wheat-grinding has any right to be.

June 20, 2011 | 12:00am -

Interview Dean Bakopoulos

“I came to this moment where I thought about how I also like to be a smartass, so I decided to write a more comedic novel.”

June 6, 2011 | 12:00am -

Talkin' Baseball The A.V. Club’s arbitrary quarter-season Brewers awards

Let’s hand these out while things are looking good.

May 27, 2011 | 12:00am -

Talkin' Baseball How the Cardinals could finally start to suck soon

Eventually, having Lance Berkman and not having Adam Wainwright will catch up to them, right?

May 6, 2011 | 12:00am -

feature Twin Cities hurling: sliotars, hurleys, and hematomas

Hurling: Yet another sport in which a man should worry about his testicles exploding.

May 5, 2011 | 12:00am -

Our First Time Como Park Zoo And Conservatory

Sure, it’s a small zoo, but it’s not like you have giraffes, do you?

May 3, 2011 | 12:15pm -

Our First Time Twin City Model Railroad Museum

Explore a world where grown-ups play with model trains, free from the jeers of a mocking society.

April 12, 2011 | 12:00am -

4th And 26 Packers-Steelers: weighing the importance of Super Bowl story lines

Everyone’s heard about photogate and the Steelers’ reeling o-line, but how much do those things matter?

February 4, 2011 | 12:00am -

4th And 26 Packers-Bears III: What’s luck got to do with it?

This game comes down to skill, and the Packers have more of it.

January 21, 2011 | 12:00am -

4th And 26 Packers vs. Eagles II: Why past results can predict future performance

Expect the first game of the playoffs to go down a lot like the first game of the regular season.

January 7, 2011 | 12:00am -

4th And 26 Is the Packers’ playoff push heading into a Detroit trap?

Can the good guys escape Detroit with a W?

December 10, 2010 | 12:00am -

4th And 26 Packers vs. 49ers: 14 years of bitchdom

Celebrating a long legacy of beating the crap out of San Francisco.

December 3, 2010 | 12:00am -

4th And 26 A Packers mid-season check-in

Since we’ve just passed the midway point of the season, let’s recap how the Pack got here, and where they may or may not be going over the final seven games.

November 12, 2010 | 12:00am -

4th And 26 Reassessing the Packers’ Super Bowl aspirations

Are the chances that we make the big game better than Mike McCarthy realizing that John Kuhn isn’t good?

October 29, 2010 | 12:00am -

4th And 26 Are we any good? Checking in on the Packers’ quarter-season state of the state

After four games, the Packers’ 2010 season could still go either way.

October 8, 2010 | 12:00am -

Music Review Tom Jones: Praise & Blame

The Welshman brings real passion to his praising.

July 27, 2010 | 12:00am -

feature A surprisingly specific guide to Spring Gallery Night

Old upholstery techniques and ceramic underwear await the curious.

May 7, 2010 | 12:00am -

Cheap Seats Sing a song of Sondheim (or many)

One of Broadway's best gets a tribute in the form of a musical revue.

May 6, 2010 | 12:00am -

Talkin' Baseball How Ryan Howard officially stole Prince Fielder from the Brewers

April 30, 2010 | 12:00am -

Just Announced Forward Theater Company's 2010-'11 season to feature vibrators, talk of love

The company's second season sounds promising.

April 29, 2010 | 12:00pm -

Talkin' Baseball Brewers or Cubs: Who's more pathetic right now?

Two fans square off (and console each other) over their teams' misfortunes.

April 23, 2010 | 12:00am -

Cheap Seats Magical realism and literal collide in Almost, Maine

A series of linked, whimsical love stories are tempered by hints of bitterness.

April 22, 2010 | 2:00pm -

Wisconsin Film Festival We've gone on holiday by mistake (AVC at WFF Day Four)

We spend a little more time in the bleak worlds of Red Riding and Grand Theft Auto, and settle down for some dog soup.

April 18, 2010 | 10:18am -

Wisconsin Film Festival The porn fairy and the Virgin Mary (AVC at WFF Day Two)

Miracles happen, and so do tedious Romanian films.

April 16, 2010 | 10:40am -

Cheap Seats Mercury Rising brings the funny in 15-minute bursts

Mercury Players Theatre’s biannual playwriting competition is a "three-ring-circus" approach to theater.

April 15, 2010 | 2:00pm -

Wisconsin Film Festival Wednesday is the new Thursday (AVC at WFF Day One)

The festival's "bonus" first day rockets us from high art to low art in superb fashion.

April 15, 2010 | 10:00am -

Wisconsin Film Festival Filmmaker Q&As and other promising interactions

Because attending the Wisconsin Film Festival shouldn't only be about sitting on your ass in a dark room. It's okay to ask questions.

April 14, 2010 | 12:00am -

Music Review Tiny Pilot

Beloved Wisconsin-based writer Michael Perry lends his charm to a new Amble Down Records release.

April 13, 2010 | 12:00am -