Culture

Dancers at the 39th Annual UWM Autumn Pow Wow circled the floor amidst a stunning aural tapestry of drumming and singing. With their regalia generously adorned with metal ornaments, dancers clanged and shucked to the their individual rhythms. At times one could see four generations dancing together, grandparents in the same circle where young children […]

T.J.  Thao stood in a corner of the Fireside Lounge at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. The scene around him was bustling: a student recited poetry at a microphone from the front of the room, the audience shouted encouraging commentary, and a live band accompanied the whole scene.  For T.J., though, it was as if it […]

UW-Milwaukee hosted Sisters Like Me, an event showcasing the complexity of blackness in celebration of Black History Month in the Fireside Lounge. “We wanted students to see that intersectionality and blackness are connected. We are a unique group of people,” said Anita Mogaka, Black Student Union president. Moderator Charmaine Renee Lang began the discussion by […]

Hip-hop artist Maal Himself introduced each Lyrical Sanctuary performer by hyping up the crowd with a little music and this saying, “Up next on the m-i-c, I say.” The UW-Milwaukee audience responded: “Gotta be too damn hot for me.” Himself, a Milwaukee-based podcaster, fashion designer and rapper, hosted the March 8 open mic event at […]

Milwaukee is a busy place with the NCAA tournament in town, plus St. Patrick’s Day. Take a look at the scene in one of the main restaurant and bar areas.

UW-Milwaukee students dressed as Batman, The Flash, Link and Zelda from The Legend of Zelda and more flocked to the UWM Wisconsin Room for the 2017 UWM Cosplay Dance Party on Feb. 25. Cosplay – or costume play – is when people dress up and role play as characters from popular culture. Think the character […]

Milwaukee – Over five-hundred spectators flocked to Milwaukee’s Turner Hall Ballroom to see the first-time appearance of the Mexican pop sibling duo, Jesse & Joy; which are recent winners of the Latin Grammy for best contemporary pop vocal album of the year. Earlier this year the duo announced their 17 city U.S. Tour titled “Un […]

Graduating from college is an accomplishment for any individual, however, personally I savored the accomplishment slightly more being that I am a first-generation Mexican immigrant who overcame the odds. This with addition to the fact that I literally had been kicked out of UWM in the spring of 2012, but working with my advisor at […]

The musical takes place in the 1980’s with cast members dressed in flashy outfits favored in pop culture. The original film was in complete Spanish, however cast members in UWM’s version instead spoke English but professionally in Spanish accents. Students in the Peck School of the Arts performed in a musical, Women on the Verge […]

By Nelson Sederstrom Two students sit at a large round table at the Gasthaus bar and restaurant in the basement of the student union at the University of Wisconsin- Milwaukee, with a large orange, white and green flag draped over the glistening wood as they anxiously await the arrival of their first prospective inquirers. The […]