Culture

A diverse group of Milwaukee residents reflect on their experiences in Donald Trump’s America. Interview with filmmakers Sabrina Johnkins, Talis Shelbourne, and Tiera Trammell: Script for closed captioning:

Geek Week, UW-Milwaukee’s annual event, hosts ‘Late Night Nerding,’ where students can make their own geeky creations or test their agility and wits with interactive activities.  

From hard work to the spotlight, follow a day in the life of Jimmy Khun.  

Nearly 3,000 people crowded the Miller High Life Theatre as they waited to be in the audience for this year’s annual UWM Drag Show. The theatre welcomed Milwaukee local kings and queens to perform as well as students who participate in such acts. The acts included many different glamorous talents such as the showings of over […]

Theatre students in the Peck School of the Arts at UW-Milwaukee showcased their newest production “Stupid F##king Bird” last week. The show does something in theatre called breaking the 4th wall. This is where the actors involve the audience in their show. The play is an adaptation on playwright Anton Chekhov’s play “The Seagull. “This […]

The UWM Desi Student Association brought Holi to Spaights plaza, and with that a little bit of home.  

For the first time, the popular television show America’s Got Talent held auditions in Milwaukee. Michael Jung was there.

Just as I was drifting in to a soundless slumber, the shrill screech of my ringtone jarred me back awake. I snatched my phone off the charger, ready to give whoever was calling an ear-full for waking me up at one in the morning. I answered the phone and snapped an angry “what?” in to […]

Milwaukee is a long way from Broadway, but for many of people in the theater Milwaukee community, there is a hidden gem tucked into the 5th floor of Kenilworth Square on Milwaukee’s east side. Located at 1925 E. Kenilworth Place in Milwaukee, a building owned and operated by the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee houses Kenilworth FIVE-0-EIGHT, a […]

UW-Milwaukee’s on-campus residential dorm, Sandburg Cafe, brought the taste of Westeros to students for the Cafe’s semester-annual themed dinner. The dinner featured dishes named after characters and live entertainment on December 7th.  

Caroline Liu, a Chicago-based visual artist, is celebrating her 30th birthday in style – by collaborating with 30 artists to open an exhibit in Riverwest’s After Gallery. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kj5HPed08Uo&feature=youtu.be&w=700&rel=0  

After binge watching 10 straight hours of the critically acclaimed Hulu series “The Handmaid’s Tale,” I found myself incredibly emotional and somewhat fearful for my future as a woman. As farfetched as some might find it, the show is far more realistic and plausible than it initially seems, especially considering the current political atmosphere in […]