Culture

Green Bay, Wis. Artist Sabrina Jordan, known under the artistic alias, Bean Baye, is gearing up to release her first collection of NFTs in the summer. Baye has been working on the summer collection for the last few months, which will feature the zodiac signs portrayed as diverse, naked women. The collection will contain multiple […]

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — NFTs, non-fungible tokens, are a type of cryptocurrency that is booming among celebrities and crypto investors, but what are they? NFTs are essentially digital ownership certificates, according to Director Shirley McPhaul of Crypto Curious, Puerto Rico Block Trade Association. The ownership could be for a jpg, an mp3, an mp4 […]

Milwaukee artistic interventions were created inside the Milwaukee County Courthouse, the Milwaukee Public Library’s (MPL) Mitchell Street Branch and an exterior wall of Woodland Pattern bookstore on East Locust Street. The 35-years-old transdisciplinary artist Erick “CK” Ledesma Borrero, from Levittown, Puerto Rico, which is in the municipality of Toa Baja, collaborated these artistic interventions. Ledesma’s […]

To be or not to be. That is the question for Puerto Rico in regards to the looming debate of statehood. Should Puerto Rico become a state? Is it its own country?  Puerto Rico is not a state nor a country. However, it is United States territory, leaving many citizens with dual identities. Are they […]

A crime ridden town where people stopped visiting their families was transformed by community activists into the houses of colors.  

Milwaukee is about 2,118 miles away from Puerto Rico. The heart of the Caribbean; Isla de Encanto. When thinking about it, a former Rust Belt city in the Midwest does not seem to have a lot in common with the tropical paradise. But migrants from Puerto Rico made sure to bring one important aspect to […]

Puerto Rico’s Yaucromatic, in Yauco, was an urban art intervention that started in 2017, which promoted economic growth, attracted tourism and reimagined vulnerable communities that were suppressed by class, prone to crime and had poor living conditions. The intervention was developed by Jonathan Hernandez Leon, a community organizer and president of the not-for-profit organization Arte […]

Pop star Olivia Rodrigo brought her “Sour Tour” to Milwaukee. Tickets for the “Drivers License” singer’s show sold out in under an hour back in November. Fans camped out overnight and waited hours outside The Rave/Eagles Club in hopes of being in the front row. Brady Jager has the story.

Last Saturday, UWM’s Department of Art and Design hosted the Spring BA/BFA Exhibition on the 4th floor of Kenilworth Square East. “It is really fascinating,” said Dominic Pham, a Milwaukee local who stumbled across the exhibit, “I am always looking for cool new things to do in the city.” The pieces displayed are from a […]

Many Hmong Americans of today’s generation are asserting their identities from a mixture of cultures through fashion.  Both traditional and current culture have become vital tools in shaping character for Hmong people. Mai Hlee Lee, a 24-year-old Hmong-American woman who just graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Stout, pursued apparel design from a distinct perspective.  “I […]

It is a Saturday afternoon in a grungy, old house off Locust Avenue. The house smells of heavy incense, with psychedelic tapestries draped on the walls filled with second-hand bohemian furniture with clothing draped across it. These elements are the usual trappings of renters in their early twenties, but with one key difference, Pietro Vercuzio, […]

Entry racks inside of Plume Photo: Olivia Weiss Plume Vintage sits on a quaint corner on Kinnickinnic in Bay View. With the nice breeze from the lake, it pairs perfectly with the rest of the unique shops in the area. Inside is a timeless collection of vintage clothing ranging from dresses and blouses to cowboy […]