A thumbnail diary of a commission
TCD's David Bohn on discovering the bayan, working with virtuoso Stas Venglevski, and creating an original composition (debuting this Friday at UWM).
Sep 20th, 2013 by David Bohn
BBC Deplores Wisconsin’s Black Imprisonment Rate
News show focuses international attention on problems here.
Sep 19th, 2013 by Angie Schmitt
Wisconsin, Land of the Plutocrats
Forbes 400 list offers more evidence of wealth gap in Wisconsin.
Sep 19th, 2013 by Bruce Murphy
Galas Galore
This week's Art Date adds a few gala events to the calendar of gallery openings and closings, at Portrait Society, Racine Art Museum and in Madison.
Sep 19th, 2013 by Kat Murrell
Shocking Conditions at the Courthouse
Court Commissioner Barry Slagle electrocuted in scary, unreported incident at courthouse.
Sep 19th, 2013 by Michael Horne
The Rep’s Dan Kazemi puts the music in “Ragtime”
Kazemi, who helped Mark Clements launch the Rep's first musicals on the Quadracci Powerhouse, talks about crafting the epic sound of their latest show.
Sep 19th, 2013 by Matthew Reddin
The Man Who Retired the Museum’s Debt
Milwaukee Public Museum President Jay Williams will step down in February. Can the museum build on his legacy?
Sep 18th, 2013 by Brian Jacobson
Should Internet Sales Be Taxed?
Federal bill could yield more than $70 million in annual sales tax for Wisconsin. Walker says he would use for income tax relief.
Sep 18th, 2013 by Bill Lueders, Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism
Goodbye to Historic Milwaukee
Opgenorth leaves HMI for job with Mandel, but still hopes to help build support for historic buildings.
Sep 18th, 2013 by Peggy Schulz
Fossils are fashion-forward in Timothy Westbrook’s new show
Westbrook, late of Project Runway and the Pfister artist-in-residence program, will hold "Paleontology of a Woman," a sustainability-focused show, Saturday at the Milwaukee Public Museum.
Sep 18th, 2013 by Kat Murrell
Andreas Delfs returns to open the fall MSO season
Guest pianist Jeremy Denk will also join for Liszt's first piano concerto, but the program's centerpiece is a performance of Tchaikovsky's Fourth Symphony.
Sep 18th, 2013 by Rob Gebelhoff
Demo Day at Marquette
Demolition at 14th and Wells will make way for a 6-floor, 80-unit, private student housing development by Opus Group.
Sep 17th, 2013 by Dave Reid
