Articles by Tanner Bakkala

This is the first in a series exploring issues behind the headlines of the TKE scandal allegations. More than 50 years ago, the TKE fraternity at UW-Milwaukee did more than dance around wearing turkey suits along Oakland Avenue (which the fraternity members did for years for charity) or turn up in salacious, negative national headlines […]

Director Pablo Larrain created a film that explores the events of the overthrow of Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet, “without passing judgment,” professor Gilberto M. Blasini told a campus audience. The works of Larraín, specifically “No” were the focus for Blasini’s lecture held on campus Dec. 2. Located on the third floor of the Golda Meir […]

The Jazz Jam is an open invitation event held every Tuesday at the Jazz Gallery, 926 E. Center St. Jazz Guitar students from UW-Milwaukee sponsored the night. One student and performer interviewed is Nathan Pflughoeft. According to Mark Lawson, the representative for the Gallery, the purpose of the jam is to provide musicians with a […]

Prophet Blackmon was a local artist who would sell his work on the street. He established a series of storefront churches and enterprise centers throughout the inner city. These places offered religious services and served as a site to recycle goods, among other things. Blackmon produced hand-lettered signs made out of found materials to advertise these […]

Before he spent the past 16 years running the Milwaukee LGBT Film Festival, UW-Milwaukee’s Carl Bogner worked his way through a series of book stores, where he indulged in a love of reading and literature. Film was another interest. In those days, people could only see the films he was interested in at universities, and […]