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Arts from Africa and everywhere
Five continents will represent in Milwaukee culture this week. Missed Australia, but really -- who needs Antarctica?
Mar 8th, 2011 by Tom Strini
Got those Eroica Black Bottom blues, oh yes
An August Wilson classic, the MSO goes classical, classical guitar at UWM, plus string quartet, accordion, Afro-Caribbean, dinner theater.
Mar 1st, 2011 by Tom Strini
Soprano Vovkova’s US debut in a Milwaukee recital
Familiar arias, with feeling from soprano based in the Czech Republic, with an assist from her baritone husband.
Feb 27th, 2011 by Marianne Kordas
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
MPS would lose up to 25% of its funding
MPS School Board President Michael Bonds at Fratney Escuela meeting: school funding to be cut statewide, Federal Title 1 dollars on chopping block.
Feb 16th, 2011 by Patti Wenzel
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
A big theater weekend, and German music
Youngblood Theatre revives an interrupted hit, Hank Williams at the Rep, Big Business at Next Act and Germans at the MSO.
Jan 18th, 2011 by Tom Strini
Packing up Christmas
Christmas by Krebs cares about design. Which is to say: It cares about you.
Jan 3rd, 2011 by Tom Strini
The Skylight’s Collier and Cobb serve Gershwin & Friends well
The classic songs wouldn't carry the day without the talented and appealing Cynthia Cobb and Parrish Collier.
Dec 30th, 2010 by Tom Strini
Santa’s Steamroller
Mannheim Steamroller, durable and inexplicable, plays its Christmas show at the Milwaukee Theatre; other local holiday shows roll on.
Dec 21st, 2010 by Tom Strini
