Culture

Over 20 performances were presented at UW-Milwaukee’s 17th Annual Drag Show at the Milwaukee Theatre in February. The show was hosted by Vivian Storm and co-hosted by Lady J. This year, a record was broken with 3,000 people in attendance for an epic night with the queens. Jakayla Phillips reports.

With the year coming to a close for Hype, especially around exams, the team has distinguished itself. Chapter Directer Becky Zander, First Year dancers Jimmy Khun and Jaime Bias, and Hype UWM Captain Graham Wolfe talk to Media Milwaukee reporter Geaneth Garcia.

The Japanese Spring Festival was held on May 2 at the Union Ballroom at UW-Milwaukee. Visitors looked at the exhibition of works done by students from the Japanese Program, looking at the subtitled clips of movies and making the rice balls. At the end, they had a raffle and visitors received gifts. The president of […]

The script, music and lyrics of a new musical at the Black Box Theatre in Kenilworth Studios were all products of the imagination of one creative student. Rachel Pagel reports.

UW-Milwaukee’s new production club Reel Women just wrapped shooting on their very first film Bottleneck. Reel Women is a club that strives for equality not just in film but in everything they do. Bottleneck featured a predominantly female cast and a crew that, although mixed genders, was led entirely by women. Reel Women set out […]

A new UWM production club, Reel Women, wrapped filming on its first short film. With a mission of spreading equality in the industry, the crew featured an equal number of women and men. The stars of the movie, called Bottleneck, were two female characters – sisters coping with the death of their mother.

Since 1979, Woodland Pattern has been a Midwestern outpost of literature. Nicholas A. Brown and Sarah E. Kanouse visited Woodland Pattern to present their book Re-Collecting Blackhawk: Landscape, Memory, and Power in the American Midwest. Ed Makowski was on-hand to learn about the legacy of Blackhawk’s likeness.

Artist and activist David Solnit told UW-Milwaukee students that they can make a difference in the world through art as part of Artist Now!, the Peck School of the Arts’ lecture series.  Solnit is co-founder of Art Revolution, which promotes art for happiness, health and education.  Christina Luick reports.

After the fatal shooting of 1-year-old Bill Thao in 2014, the Milwaukee Police Department’s District 4 and members of the Hmong community decided to collaborate together to start a task force in the hopes of having a safer community. The MPD Hmong Advisory Task Force had its first dialogue about crime and safety Saturday afternoon […]

The Peck School of the Arts held their annual Kenilworth Open Studios on Saturday, April 9. KOS started at 11 in the morning and continued until three in the afternoon. The event showcased over 100 students’ work. Pieces of work came from all PSOA departments, including art and design, film, music, theatre and dance. KOS […]

For the 38th consecutive time, UWM’s Center of Latin American and Caribbean Studies (CLACS) hosted its annual Latin American Film Festival on April 8-14; the festival was host to a number of award-winning Latin films, which were completely free of charge for the public at the union cinema. The Center for Latin American and Caribbean […]

When it comes to making a fashion statement, nothing is off limits these days. From ripped denim, cool sneakers, jeggings, to man buns, the millennials find a way to make everything trendy. As the celebrities like Chris Brown, August Alsina, and Justin Bieber have always been the go-to people for fashion inspiration, they have definitely […]