Culture

The Wisconsin Conservatory of Music threw its first Festival of Trees and Music, welcoming the holiday season with dozens of performances by Milwaukee musicians over eleven days.

It’s hard for international students to find their sense of belonging when they arrive in a new country. They are not familiar with local cultures, customs and taboos. Students from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Concordia University and Marquette University gather at the Meyers house every Friday night. In the first week of September, as school […]

The 70th Annual Holiday Folk Fair arrived in Milwaukee, bringing together cultures from all over the state. The event took place at the Wisconsin Exhibition Center at State Fair Park in late November.

Avant-garde film artist Peggy Ahwesh held a screening at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee’s Union Theater on Oct. 12. Set up by UWM’s Film and Art departments, as well as the Women’s Resource Center, the screening displayed several of Ahwesh’s short films, which touched upon a variety of topics, mostly pertaining to feminist ideas. Ahwesh has […]

Each month, the Peck School of the Arts hosts an event called “Milwaukee Unplugged.” The school brings in local artists to play at UW-Milwaukee’s Helene Zelazo Center for the Performing Arts. Now in its second year, the program continues to showcase the city’s music scene and foster a sense of community among the students through […]

Nicholas Lampert, an author and educator at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, recently published his latest work, A People’s Art History of the United States. The book is the newest addition to the “People’s History Series.”  “A People’s History Series” is a project started by The New Press in attempt to feature alternative histories. Eelisa Jones […]

Complete coverage: multimedia website “I think my mom knew after she saw the kinds of shoes I was buying at the mall.” Lia Manning is talking about what she deems “stripper heels”: high heels with dangerously tall platforms, buckles and sparkles that dazzle. They aren’t what she wears on her days out grocery shopping, but they […]

Complete coverage: multimedia website February in Wisconsin is cold, by anyone’s standards, and the night in question was no exception. Small groups of people scurried from corner to corner on the North Avenue bar strip, trying to make it to their destination before they froze. Hardly a person looks up to see a young man […]

Singers and dancers in drag took part in an innovative entertainment option for Milwaukee’s night owls – gay and straight alike. Ariele Vaccaro checked out the scene.

The UW-Milwaukee Union on a Monday afternoon is filled with noise, from students and faculty chatting during their lunches to the sounds of the craft fair going on downstairs. And there is one more sound: it’s a piano.

Performers from Milwaukee’s Florentine Opera shared holiday carols at Alterra on the Lake in a casual show designed to reach new audiences relaxing with cups of coffee.

The Exclusive Company is the largest and most popular record store chain in Wisconsin. It is filled with music and movie enthusiasts shopping for their favorites and chatting with other customers. While record stores and music downloading websites seem like natural enemies, in-store sales are far from dismal.