Arts & Culture
Summer Gallery Night
Gallery Night: out and about at the Portrait Society Gallery, Pritzlaff Building, Dean Jensen, Gallery 218, Artasia, Tory Folliard and the Petullo Collection.
Jul 27th, 2009 by Art Elkon
A primer, recap, and update
As of this writing, the board of Skylight Opera Theatre met in emergency session after losing two more major players. Herein lies a look at the institution and how a 50th Anniversary season is in peril.
Jul 23rd, 2009 by Brian Jacobson
Pump up the polka!
When The Squeezettes play, the beer that made Milwaukee famous will make a fool out of you, and you will do the hokey pokey, and you want to know why?
Jul 23rd, 2009 by Tea Krulos
800-CEO-READ
Mark Metcalf meets Jack Covert and Todd Sattersten, CEO and President, respectively, of 800-CEO-READ, a local company that sells business books and promotes great ideas. (We think THEY'RE a great idea!)
Jul 22nd, 2009 by Amy Elliott
Rest your eyes this week. You’ll need them.
A summer bumper crop of intriguing shows and promising installations in an art corridor that runs from the East Side down to Bay View.
Jul 22nd, 2009 by Kat Murrell
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
The previous Harry Potter films have been enjoyable to watch even for those who haven't read the book. How does the Half-Blood Prince compare?
Jul 21st, 2009 by Mark Metcalf
7/22 to 7/28
This week on Milwaukee stages: dancing, tuba-playing contests, street music, tango and scenes from Shakespeare's greatest hits.
Jul 20th, 2009 by Brian Jacobson
A few new ways to see Shakespeare
There is a lot of Shakespeare on film – much of it declaimed, pompous and stale. Here are two takes on Shakespeare that everyone can love.
Jul 20th, 2009 by Mark Metcalf
Beauty’s Daughter for Uprooted Theatre
Milwaukee's new African-American Theate company opens with a powerful, poetic, and late-night experience as told through Marti L. Gobel's one woman performance from a famous Orlandersmith play.
Jul 20th, 2009 by Brian Jacobson
Sexual Perversity in Chicago
Video presentation, a fluid direction, and that staccato way of talking. You know? Yeah. But you know? Right. It's playing at Bay View's Alchemist Theatre.
Jul 16th, 2009 by Michael Madden
Little Women at Acacia Theatre
Meg, Jo, Amy, and Beth sing! It doesn’t help.
Jul 15th, 2009 by Russ Bickerstaff
Carol Grossmeyer
This week on the podcast, Mark talks to Carol Grossmeyer, former owner of Harry W. Schwartz bookshops and current owner of its sister company, 800-CEO-READ.
Jul 14th, 2009 by Amy Elliott
