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.
Eriks Klavins, long-time MSO violinist
Eriks Klavins, long-time principal second violinist of the MSO, has died.
Aug 21st, 2009 by Tom Strini
Dale Gutzman Returns to the Skylight
Gutzman, banished from the Skylight in the 1980s, returns in the summer where anything can happen.
Aug 20th, 2009 by Tom Strini
Artist Roy Staab’s Swags in the Woods
Milwaukee artist Roy Staab festoons the Urban Ecology Center's woodsy amphitheater in Riverside Park.
Aug 19th, 2009 by Tom Strini
Joan Lounsbery returning to the Skylight
Managing director of the Skylight in the '90s, Lounsbery comes out of retirement to help put the house in order.
Aug 18th, 2009 by Tom Strini
Road Trip
Father and son take a classic Wisconsin road trip.
Aug 17th, 2009 by Tom Strini
Great American Kitchens at MIAD
Kitchens have become the most glamorous, expensive spaces in American homes. MIAD surveys a century of them.
Aug 12th, 2009 by Tom Strini
A Skylight prediction
Will all the strife and embarrassing press ruin the Skylight's season? No. Strini tells you why.
Aug 7th, 2009 by Tom Strini
Theisen, Cabot, Kurtenbach Comment
Eric Dillner is out. Crowds gathered on Catalano Square last night to celebrate. Now, Colin Cabot, William Theisen, Terry Kurtenbach speak out on the saga and what's to come.
Aug 5th, 2009 by Tom Strini
Dillner Out at the Skylight
Managing director Eric Dillner, the center of controversy since artistic director Bill Theisen was fired, has resigned.
Aug 5th, 2009 by Tom Strini
Why I Won’t Cancel My JS Subscription
So Strini's not at the newspaper anymore. Will he continue to buy it and read it?
Aug 5th, 2009 by Tom Strini
Threats of violence in the Skylight mess?
Skylight management has maintained that artists have threatened managing director Eric Dillner. Is there anything to it?
Aug 4th, 2009 by Tom Strini
Welcome to Strini’s Culture Desk
Friday was my last day as music and dance critic at the Journal Sentinel. It was great. But it’s over, and I’m not looking back.
Aug 3rd, 2009 by Tom Strini
