Culture Desk
Tom Strini’s Culture Desk takes on both traditional performing arts in and around Milwaukee and a few things that fall into the bigger idea about art and life.
Milwaukee Ballet Gets $1 million to think big
Executive director Dennis Buehler is looking for just the right partner or partners to collaborate on a new or restored facility and other services.
Oct 1st, 2009 by Tom Strini
A talk with Edo de Waart
The MSO's music director on Mahler 5, Beethoven 7, tuning and feeling at home with his new orchestra.
Oct 1st, 2009 by Tom Strini
De Waart jets to the Met in October
MSO music director to fill in for James Levine, music director of New York's Metropolitan Opera.
Sep 30th, 2009 by Tom Strini
Yo-Yo Ma, Edo de Waart, MSO
Yo-Yo Ma plays Schumann with the MSO. De Waart reprises Mahler 5.
Sep 30th, 2009 by Tom Strini
Skylight leadership firms up plans
Lounsbery, Jensen and Cabot discuss the near future of the Skylight Opera Theatre; link to Oct. Skylight benefit in New York.
Sep 28th, 2009 by Tom Strini
Early Music Now’s Galileo’s Daughters
In the Renaissance, science and art were so compatible.
Sep 27th, 2009 by Ellen Burmeister
De Waart’s triumphant start
De Waart's vibrant Mahler 5 bowls over opening night crowd, and mezzo Sasha Cooke dazzles in her Milwaukee debut.
Sep 26th, 2009 by Tom Strini
Chamber Music Milwaukee opens strong
The links between the UWM Music Department and the MSO yield great musical results.
Sep 24th, 2009 by Tom Strini
Young Mezzo Sasha Cooke to debut with MSO
MSO Update: MSO adds 90 seats to Uihlein Hall, announces $5 ticket promotion.
Sep 23rd, 2009 by Tom Strini
Fred Berman’s massive retrospective at Inova
Milwaukee artist shows a lifetime of visions and ideas at UWM.
Sep 20th, 2009 by Tom Strini
Skylight’s singing and comedy trump crisis
A brilliant "Barber of Seville" opens the Skylight Opera Theatre's 50th season.
Sep 19th, 2009 by Tom Strini
This week at the MSO Pops
"Symphonic blues" has to be an oxymoron, right? Not so fast.
Sep 17th, 2009 by Tom Strini
