Arts & Culture
Bel Canto commemoration of the Civil War taps deep emotions
Two contemporary choral works tap a national wellspring of emotion running 150 years deep.
Mar 14th, 2011 by Michael Barndt
Rising young clarinetist, pianist at Wisconsin Lutheran College
Clarinetist José Franch-Ballester and pianist Anna Polonsky survey styles, moods in an engrossing concert at Wisconsin Lutheran College.
Mar 12th, 2011 by Michael Barndt
Patrick Sims’ moving ’10 Perfect’ an extraordinary performance
One actor brings 18 characters to life in segregated 1920's Indiana, inspired by James Cameron's experience of a near-lynching.
Feb 27th, 2011 by Michael Barndt
Milwaukee Chamber Orchestra recasts “romantic” music
The MCO transforms romantic music in the emotional expressionism of Schoenberg's Verklärte Nacht and the structured elegance of Respighi's Ancient Airs and Dances
Feb 21st, 2011 by Michael Barndt
Bullies bested in comedy at Windfall Theatre
Light comedy addresses a serious subject in "Nurture's Wonders" - a world premiere with many satisfying twists and turns.
Feb 20th, 2011 by Michael Barndt
Milwaukee Chamber Orchestra explores transformation
Schoenberg's Romantic Transfigured Night, Rolf Martinsson's tribute to that work, and Respighi's Romanticized Baroque on Sunday's bill.
Feb 18th, 2011 by Michael Barndt
Variety and confidence mark Prometheus concert
Prometheus masters Alfred Schnittke's intensity and romps through some pleasant Franz Berwald. Violist Robert Levine joins in for a satisfying Dvorak quartet.
Feb 16th, 2011 by Michael Barndt
A packed arts weekend starts Tuesday this week
Arlo at the MSO, competition at the Ballet, three theater openings, three chamber concerts and Frank Lloyd Wright at MAM. Skylight discount code inside!
Feb 8th, 2011 by Tom Strini
Fine Arts ‘Quintet’ honors two masterworks
A last-minute change in performers led to programming changes, away from a Bruckner quintet and toward Mozart and Beethoven.
Feb 7th, 2011 by Michael Barndt
Auditions and entries
Update: RedLine seeks new artists in residence and submissions for one-act plays at the Pink Banana close Feb. 2
Jan 30th, 2011 by Third Coast Daily
Jazz piano virtuoso, Adam Makowicz, riffs on Chopin
The Polish Heritage Alliance presents a jazz man once banned in Poland, but now officially honored in his homeland.
Jan 26th, 2011 by Michael Barndt
Turning ideas into action
The Cultural Alliance of Greater Milwaukee unveils key strategies on how to translate Milwaukee's creative assets into economic growth with "Creativity Works"
Jan 20th, 2011 by Erin Petersen
