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John Torres, the owner of WJTI-AM (1460) “Caliente,” has made the decision to put smooth jazz back in Milwaukee. According to North Pine, This is the first time Milwaukee will get smooth jazz since 2010. The addition of Jazz Milwaukee is an attempt to get more people to listen to smooth jazz, because of the […]

Wedding season arrived here in Milwaukee as Miss Ruby Boutique hosted the RISE: A Bridal Fashion Show at the Pritzlaff building. The venue was decorated in white and pink roses and had dark wooden chairs lined up with Miss Ruby Boutique tote bags made for each guest. The swag bags included merchandise from local businesses.  […]

Bo Burnham won his first Grammy under the category Best Song Written for Visual Media for his song “All Eyes on Me”, which appeared in his musical-comedy Netflix special Inside.  This was the first Grammy nomination for Burnham. The comedian has won multiple Emmys for Inside, which had an unprecedented amount of success. He is […]

Thousands of species of amphibians, reptiles, and arthropods filled tables across the banquet hall that gave shelter from April showers to the herpetology enthusiasts of SEWERFest, Wisconsin’s largest reptile convention that was hatched in 2001. However, a metaphorical elephant threatened the room with the reminder that the occupants’ way of life was in danger. “A […]

We sit down with senior filmmaker Stuart Blue to break down a scene from his thesis film, The Execution of a Painting. The film follows a young woman who, in exchange for a free workspace and lodging, must create works of art for which she never gets credit. In this interview, Blue discusses the filmmaking […]

We sit down with student filmmaker Grant Polifka, a senior currently in Brian McGuire’s Senior 2 film class, to break down a scene from his senior thesis film, The Wraith. locations to put together this scene. The film, in Polifka’s own words, is about a young man who is forced to reevaluate his relationship with […]

Artist Julia Bradfish was awarded Best In Show at UWM’s Juried Art Show for her oil portrait, “Regimen,” featuring a woman shaving her legs on the toilet. Bradfish, one of three women honored with awards at the show, reflects on her experiences as a woman throughout several of her pieces. “I address stereotypical expectations of […]

The final act of Kanye’s documentary Jeen yuhs shows us the controvesarial producer, rapper, turned fashion designer, life from the past two decades. News outlets have called the documentary a heartbreaking ode to the old Kanye. The beginning of the documentary shows us a clip of a young Kanye West in New York in 2002. […]

Charli XCX sees her highest-charting album yet as her latest release “Crash” debuted at No. 7 on the Billboard 200, Billboard reported. The English singer-songwriter has not had consistent success on Billboard charts since her first appearance on the chart in 2013. She posted a photo of herself on Instagram with the caption “my album […]

Jaden Smith is one of many people reacting on Twitter to what several have referred to as, “the slap heard around the world.” The 94th Academy Awards have been overshadowed by a highly controversial Chris Rock joke at Jada Pinkett Smith’s expense… and a slap from Will Smith seconds later. Jaden Smith, Will and Jada’s […]

For the first time since the first Covid lockdown in the Spring of 2020, the Milwaukee Underground Film Festival will be taking place on its regularly scheduled dates, April 14-16, only one week before the Milwaukee Film Festival on April 21. The festival is unique due to the fact that it also serves as a […]

Fans of all ages lined up outside of the Milwaukee arena anxiously waiting to witness Tyler, the Creator perform the first rap show at the Fiserv Forum since before COVID. The rapper had quite the lineup for the night with three different openers to get the crowd warmed up. Some fans discussed the highly-anticipated setlist […]