Movies - Aug. 13, 2008
Buckleys unveil "Jake's How-To" here in Brew City
Vincent and Kyle Buckley -- Whitefish Bay natives -- returned from Los Angeles to make the feature-length "Jake's How-To" here when it became apparent that Brew City would be a much better place to make a movie. Now, the film premieres at the Oriental.
Tags: Jake's How-To, Kyle Buckley, Vincent Buckley, Atwater Beach, Film Wisconsin, Oriental

Movies - July 20, 2008
Sunday Sound-off: Favorite historic theater?
Milwaukee is home to a number of historic movie theaters, from the Oriental to the Majestic. Which one is you favorite?
Tags: Avalon, Fox Bay, Oriental, Downer Theater, Times Cinema, Majestic Cinema, Rosebud Cinema

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