MSO, cellist Xavier Phillips get personal with Elgar

MSO, cellist Xavier Phillips get personal with Elgar

Edo de Waart has his forces fully engaged with music by Elgar, Hindemith and Dvorak.

Friday Photos Friday, 03. June 2011

Friday Photos Friday, 03. June 2011

33 East Main at Block 89 Block 89 Terrace B-cycles Bike Sharing Madison Food Cart Capitol West Development

Party on the pavement: Bay View hosts inaugural Gallery Night
Party on the pavement

Bay View hosts inaugural Gallery Night

Made in Milwaukee presents the first-ever Bay View Gallery Night this evening, connecting residents to the neighborhood's eclectic art, music and culture.

Experimental Happy Hour: “Molecular Mondays” at Bar 360
Experimental Happy Hour

“Molecular Mondays” at Bar 360

Potawatomi's Bar 360 introduces a funky new cocktail menu, featuring a few interesting twists on the average martini.

This Week at the MSO: Cellist Xavier Phillips
This Week at the MSO

Cellist Xavier Phillips

A French cellist, on the eve of his Milwaukee debut, ponders, with disarming frankness, life and art.

Moving Pictures: Midnight in Paris
Moving Pictures

Midnight in Paris

In quite possibly his best written and acted film in a long time, Woody Allen takes us to Paris in the 20s as we follow a writer trying to find his voice.

PODCAST: Bike to Work with The Bicycle Federation
PODCAST

Bike to Work with The Bicycle Federation

It's almost Bike to Work Week, and the Bike Fed wants to get Milwaukee out on two wheels. Today, Exec. Director Kevin Hardman talks about how first pedal is often the hardest.

Summer Evenings of Music: Good news and a good start
Summer Evenings of Music

Good news and a good start

The Fine Arts Quartet and guests Ilana Setapen (violin) and Xiayin Wong (piano) excel in Wolf, Chausson and Schubert.

John Norquist Milwaukee Tour – Congress for the New Urbanism

John Norquist Milwaukee Tour – Congress for the New Urbanism

One day before the start of the Congress for the New Urbanism (CNU) 19th annual conference in Madison, former Mayor and current CNU President & CEO John Norquist returned to Milwaukee with a number of his former deputies to offer a tour of many of the urban projects started during his tenure as mayor.

Nobody wins: Katz on Smithsonian’s censorship of Hide/Seek
Nobody wins

Katz on Smithsonian’s censorship of Hide/Seek

The latest round in the culture war went to social conservatives, but raises pressing questions. MAM hosts the curator of 2010's most volatile exhibition.

Unconventional pin-ups: Amy Misurelli Sorensen at Luckystar
Unconventional pin-ups

Amy Misurelli Sorensen at Luckystar

These aren't your grandad's pin-ups. Misurelli-Sorensen's provocative drawings turn sexuality on its head, messing with ideas of femininity, gender and power.

Junior Achievement ensures fiscal literacy for the future

Junior Achievement ensures fiscal literacy for the future

With a donation from Kohl's, Junior Achievement opens a new education center in Milwaukee, aimed and giving students the skills they need to succeed in a global economy.