Arts & Culture

VIDEO: An interview with Roy Staab
VIDEO

An interview with Roy Staab

Discussed: being broke in Paris early, how installation art is like a dance, working like a scientist, structuration and figuration, and the one question interviewers should never ask him.

180, or 360 (updated): Skylight offers, Theisen nixes
180, or 360 (updated)

Skylight offers, Theisen nixes

Skylight Opera's board responds to the outrage over recent firings with a surprising announcement. But the damage has been done. Or has it?

APT set to celebrate 30 years at July 12 dedication party

APT set to celebrate 30 years at July 12 dedication party

A look at the troupe that winds words between the trees and rocks, going on for nigh 30 years now. Interviews with players and information before the Touchstone dedication on July 12.

Photo Gallery: A Night at the Circus
Photo Gallery

A Night at the Circus

It may just be a boutique festival circus attached to a much larger parade, but on a cool summer night at Milwaukee's lakefront -- it's pure magic.

Jarreau, Opera, Ballet, and Bombastics

Jarreau, Opera, Ballet, and Bombastics

With Thursday night's concert featuring 7-time Grammy Winner Al Jarreau, interactive activities for the kids, plus a ballet and opera feature with an unbelievable fireworks finale Saturday night -- it's a party unlike most others in the greater Milwaukee area this July

PODCAST: Backstage with Mark Metcalf and Alice Austen
PODCAST

Backstage with Mark Metcalf and Alice Austen

This week on Backstage: Alice Austen is an award-winning Chicago playwright -- who lives in Milwaukee. It sounds like a contradiction, but it's not! Find out why.

Gallery Rodeo!: A handbook of current exhibitions
Gallery Rodeo!

A handbook of current exhibitions

Selections from current gallery shows around the city: Charles Allis, Green Gallery East, DeLind Gallery, Katie Gingrass and many more spaces on the East Side, in the Third Ward and downtown.

5Q: Five questions for Deb Brehmer
5Q

Five questions for Deb Brehmer

We ask Deb Brehmer five questions. She responds with thoughts on local artists, the importance of nurturing an art-buying community, her fascination with portraiture as a work-a-day art form and the importance of context to art-viewing and appreciating.

Deep-Fried Romantic: Hitting up the drive-in this summer
Deep-Fried Romantic

Hitting up the drive-in this summer

There are still two or three great drive-in movie theaters to try out in Wisconsin, but this summer also find the loving low-culture return of the outdoor cinema party at three different Milwaukee locations. The 41 Twin is dead; long live the 41 Twin experience.

Shuffling Priorities: How MARN is Pushing Art to the Top of The List
Shuffling Priorities

How MARN is Pushing Art to the Top of The List

In times of financial duress, priorities are re-structured and during the shuffle, funding for the arts is sent to the bottom of the pile. MARN's Executive Director Melissa Musante wants to make sure that the arts get shuffled back to the top.

On Stage with TCD: July 7 to 13
On Stage with TCD

July 7 to 13

July stage work in Milwaukee comes back roaring like a tiger with a gaucho on its tail, a ballerina pirouetting to fireworks, three men in a foreign prison, and a @#%$^ Mamet couple. Confused? All becomes clear within our weekly highlight roundup.

PODCAST: Backstage with Mark Metcalf and Rob Goodman
PODCAST

Backstage with Mark Metcalf and Rob Goodman

DID YOU KNOW: The Milwaukee Repertory Theater has more season ticket holders than the Milwaukee Brewers? First Stage Children's Theater Managing Director Rob Goodman is a member of the brand-new Creative Coalition of Greater Milwaukee, a project of the Greater Milwaukee Committee and the Cultural Alliance of Greater Milwaukee.