Culture

The recipe for the Eating, Cooking, and Culture Conference would sound something like this: A handful of food, a splash of culture, and a pinch of politics. Mix well. At the Hefter Center on April 15 and 16, UW-Milwaukee’s Center for International Education hosted their annual scholarly conference. This year’s theme was Eating, Cooking, and Culture: the […]

Ping-pong balls flew in every direction on Friday night at SPiN  where sports fans and art lovers alike came to celebrate the Brewcity Bruisers, Milwaukee’s all-female roller derby league. The Gallery Night event at the Third Ward ping-pong themed bar, owned by Susan Sarandon, put the spotlight on the Brewcity Bruisers, featuring artwork for roller derby players, […]

Sweaty and hot, 23-year-old United States Army photographer, Ted Acheson, wandered the streets of Chang Hai at night. Shuffling his feet from bar to bar, he and the rest of the unit’s stress levels dwindled as they gulped down pint after pint of beer. The day’s gruesome events, men bleeding to death or with limbs […]

Three Milwaukee organizations came together Thursday night to host a Cinco De Mayo Salsa Crawl in Bay View amid a swirl of salsa dancers, live artists, and musical performers. ART Milwaukee, Newaukee and the TweetUp Girls teamed up to provide live music, interactive art projects and food and drink specials to hundreds of attendees; they […]

Complete coverage: multimedia project Using one myth to dispel another How the mythic character Penelope brought UWM students and Luther Manor residents together in a battle against Alzheimer’s disease and dementia When University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee student and acting major Maggie McGwin first set foot on the Luther Manor campus to begin her work for the […]

complete coverage: multimedia project   An excited crowd fills the seats of the ComedySportz Theatre in Milwaukee. It’s a Friday night and Kesan Holt steps on stage. His slender 5 foot 9 frame stops at the center of the stage.The hot stage lights from above shine down. From up close, a bead of sweat drips […]

When most people think of great piano music they think of Mozart, Beethoven, and Super Mario Brothers. Wait! What was that last one again? The Super Mario Brothers theme is instantly recognizable to video game lovers, and is one of the most memorable piano pieces in video game history. Mario and other video game tunes […]

It’s their last curtain call, their last hurrah, but as the purple lights dimmed and the crowd roared, Marilyn Reles and Bethany Davey capped off their college years with a bow to an audience of 67 who witnessed their last play. It ended with Proof, a play completely run by students in the Theatre Department […]

complete coverage: multimedia project   “I’m a little sharky, swimming in the water, you better watch out, you better hide, won’t find me swimmin’ with the fishies, CUZ’ I’M A SHARKY,” sang the Wee Be Kids pre-school class. They were accompanied by the acoustic sounds provided by their teacher, who sported a black curved brim […]

The little ball of scruffy gray fur yips at his crowd of admirers. Little black eyes shine in the fluorescent lights as the dog squirms with excitement. The man holding the little pup lets out great “Ho-Ho-Ho” and ruffles the dog’s fur. Were it not for the man in red and the Wisconsin Humane Society, the […]

Waukesha, Wis.—The first snow of the season may be to blame for the low attendance at the Art Crawl, but those who attended were enthusiastic about wine, holiday spirit and the benefit the crawl provides for the community. Stylish gallery owners, cheerful storeowners and bundled up “crawlers” warmed the icy streets in historic downtown Waukesha […]

Every time Chris Wodke runs, she concentrates on each step.   She struggles to bend each leg and to lift her feet.  When she runs long distances, she constantly worries about the pain. Wodke, a 52-year-old Milwaukee triathlete and long distance runner, was recently diagnosed with Charcot-Marie-Tooth (CMT) disorder, the most common inherited neurological disorder.   CMT damages the nerves […]