Elisabeth Albeck

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Filmmaker Eric Gerber imports Milwaukee cast for “Pester”

Filmmaker Eric Gerber imports Milwaukee cast for “Pester”

Filmmaker Eric Gerber lives and works in Los Angeles, but he's importing Milwaukee talent for his dark American Dream drama, "Pester."

In the Heights hits the Milwaukee Theatre

In the Heights hits the Milwaukee Theatre

TCD talks to Thomas Kail about directing the Grammy and Tony award-winning Broadway production In The Heights.

Table Talk: Ashley Janke and the White Table series
Table Talk

Ashley Janke and the White Table series

While hosting dinners, nAbr Gallery curator Ashley Janke noticed the centrality of the table as an object, and developed the White Table series.

The 2011 Mary Nohl Fellowship winners: A closer look
The 2011 Mary Nohl Fellowship winners

A closer look

The Mary L. Nohl Fellowship, Milwaukee's only established individual artist grant, provides a way for artists to continue to do groundbreaking work locally.

Under her spell: St. Vincent at the Pabst Theater
Under her spell

St. Vincent at the Pabst Theater

Annie Clark and St. Vincent find comfort in the darkness, bringing art-pop perfection to the Pabst Theater.

Beyond desire: Nineteen Thirteen debuts “Tango Obscura” video
Beyond desire

Nineteen Thirteen debuts “Tango Obscura” video

The trio's first video explores ideas of desire and control in a conceptual piece that gathers light, color and music to entrancing effect.

Sketches from the Machine Gun Concerto at Translator Lab

Sketches from the Machine Gun Concerto at Translator Lab

Local musicians perform sections of Mark Mantel's "Machine Gun Concerto," merging the structure of chamber music with chaotic and destructive themes of war.

Music for a film: Nineteen Thirteen’s “Infinite Prelude”
Music for a film

Nineteen Thirteen’s “Infinite Prelude”

Listening to 1913 is like willing hypnosis at the hands of capable guides. Elisabeth talks inspiration and improvisation with the Milwaukee-based chamber rock trio.

Keep calm and carry on: An evening with Liane Hansen
Keep calm and carry on

An evening with Liane Hansen

The host of "Weekend Edition Sunday" visited Milwaukee as part of her farewell tour to "put a face with the voice," talk about retirement and the future of NPR.

Renewal and reinvention: A conversation with Thomas Wright
Renewal and reinvention

A conversation with Thomas Wright

Thomas Wright discusses his grandfather's organic philosophy, and shares memories of halcyon summers spent at Taliesin.

Walking a Fine Line

Walking a Fine Line

Cassandra Smith and Jessica Steeber transform their longtime artistic collaboration into a new print form with the launch of a DIY art magazine like no other.

Share your secrets at Ex Fabula

Share your secrets at Ex Fabula

The tagline says it all : Story. Stage. You. This week, the storytelling troupe kicks off a brand new season with "Confessions."

Celtic reggae, gypsy polka and more: Global Union 2010
Celtic reggae, gypsy polka and more

Global Union 2010

This weekend, Alverno Presents serves up a free outdoor smorgasbord of music and performers from all over the globe.

Tour de Fat rides into Milwaukee

Tour de Fat rides into Milwaukee

A wondrous, glee-inducing circus is coming to town tomorrow, filled with bikes and beer and merriment of all sorts. Did someone say 'clown on a bicycle?'

Smoke ’em while you got ’em: Linneman’s Riverwest Inn
Smoke ’em while you got ’em

Linneman’s Riverwest Inn

Marty and Jim are not your typical bar owners, and Linneman's is not your typical bar. The reason why Marty is confident that business will continue to come is that the establishment is a music venue first, and a neighborhood bar second.

The Destination: Steel Bridge, part 3
The Destination

Steel Bridge, part 3

Developing into a powerful songwriter and performer comes down to the greatest leap of faith: not to doubt your style or your voice.

The Destination: Steel Bridge, part 2
The Destination

Steel Bridge, part 2

The whole day is our blank canvas.Everyone is holding out for the encounter with the wild element, the magic thing that will set something in motion.

The Destination: Get me to Steel Bridge
The Destination

Get me to Steel Bridge

A unique set of conditions brought this New York songwriter to the Midwest. A chance encounter now takes her to Sturgeon Bay, just in time for the Steel Bridge Songfest.

Sunday in the Park: A sneak peek at the Lynden Sculpture Garden
Sunday in the Park

A sneak peek at the Lynden Sculpture Garden

This Sunday in River Hills, a beautiful park and a stunning sculpture collection opens to the public in a grand way. A special report and photo gallery.

Review: Pink Banana’s Sex, Drugs and the American Way
Review

Pink Banana’s Sex, Drugs and the American Way

No, really; the short plays are about sex, drugs and the American way.